pipe water

[Benjamin Barrett]

I've never heard of that either as far as I know, but there are definitely some hits on Google. Here are two that seem pretty clear:

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(http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/16/eng20051216_228306.html)
"Now, loudspeakers of cars and mosques are warning families not to drink the pipe water as it is poisoned," his family said in panic.
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(http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?threaded=1&v=ndMIkfaWKOk)
where as vegetarians ten years ago probably drank pipe water!

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

On Aug 1, 2012, at 7:20 PM, James Harbeck wrote:

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> I was at a catered party this evening, and one of the guys at the bar referred to what I have always called "tap water" as "pipe water." I don't recall hearing that before (that doesn't mean I haven't, of course); I'm wondering if it's better known in some regions than in others, or whether it's more of an idiolectic or even nonce usage.
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> James Harbeck.

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