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Dam (agricultural reservoir)

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Will anything be done to dredge out silt from Stephens Creek and so increase its capacity? — Definitely no. Such an operation is never worth-while. It is always cheaper to dig a new dam.
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On Wednesday, the 3rd inst., an inquest was held at the house of Mr. H. Lamshed, J.P. near Maitland, on the body of William Lamshed, who was drowned in his father's dam on that morning.
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Water? We’ve a dam full to spare... The dam, situated between beautiful rolling hills, has numerous picnic sites around it and the dam itself is stocked with black bass and bluegill.
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The expression "farm dam" has this meaning unambiguously, and where the barrier or embankment is intended, it may be referred to as the "dam wall".
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is a water reservoir in the ground, confined by a barrier, embankment or excavation, on a pastoral property or similar. The term is found widely in
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The machinery is now idle, owing to the water in the dam having dried up, but everything is in readiness for a start as soon as the rain sets in.
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house has a dam near it, and on a large farm there are generally three or four more of these reservoirs in different parts of the land.
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A farmer, Wilfred Wylam Emslie, aged 60, was drowned on Saturday in a dam on a farm at
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In the distance we could see the glimmering blue waters of a huge dam.
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English, and several other English dialects, such as that of
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South African
Australian
New Zealand
Yorkshire
Three Jolly Rogues
Yorke's Peninsula Advertiser And Miners' And Farmers' Journal
Adelaide Observer
Barrier Miner
Ōakura
Auckland Star
Karroo
Lady Sarah Wilson
Daily Dispatch
Irrigation tank
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0-19-554736-5
ISBN
0-19-861216-8
"Inquest at Maitland"
Yorke's Peninsula Advertiser And Miners' And Farmers' Journal
"The Week's News"
Adelaide Observer
"Citizens Must Reduce Water Demands"
Barrier Miner
"Drowned in Dam"
Auckland Star
"dam - definition of dam in A Dictionary of South African English - DSAE"
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