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bubble tap
noun a small fountain which ejects a jet of water into the drinker's mouth. Compare bubbler, drinking fountain, drinking tap, drink tap, fountain, water fountain.
Contributor's comments: I grew up in Melbourne. In the 1950s the drinking fountains at schools were called just "tap", not "bubble tap." When I moved to Sydney in the 1970s, my daughter called them "bubblers."
Contributor's comments: Growing up at Yanakie in South Gippsland and going to Yanakie Primary School in the late 1970's I knew the school drinking fountains as bubble taps.
Contributor's comments: I have lived in most parts of Victoria and they have always been refered to as bubble taps as far as I know
Contributor's comments: Bubble taps were what we used when I was at Primary in Bendigo in the 50's.