Spanish: aguadoresEnglish translation: Watersellers. 
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Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / International award | | Spanish term or phrase: aguadores | es parte del título de una muestra pictórica, y se refiere a las personas que allá por principios de siglo XX recorrían la ciudad de México (y estimo que otras) vendiendo agua fresca y limpia
"water carriers" me parece que nada que ver, y no tengo otra alternativa.
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Juan Jacob
Mexico
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| water carriers (literally) // lookouts (figuratively)
Explanation:
Oxford Dictionary
aguador -dora m, f
1 (vendedor) water carrier
2 (Zool) tyrant flycatcher
3 (Méx arg) (para un robo) lookout
Note meaning 3 in Mexican slang
Mike :)
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| water merchants
Explanation:
i've seen it before but for the life of me, cannot remember where! good luck!
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| silt
Canada
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| street water vendors
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Street Water Vendors. There's been a marked increase in the number of people hanging out on the dividers of NYC's major thoroughfares, particularly Brooklyn ...
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street water vendors selling at much higher prices. Unsurprisingly those that refused to pay were threatened. with disconnection, but City Water went even ...
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| bigedsenior
United States
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