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bubbler

Dialect

Meaning
A drinking fountain.
Type
Dialect Word
Used in
Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New England

What does “bubbler” mean

A "bubbler" (sometimes "bubblah") is a drinking fountain. Famously used in Rhode Island, eastern Massachusetts, and Wisconsin — three regions that picked it up independently.

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