Possible Clues:

• Needed fixing, as a faucet
• Annoyed, like a faucet in the night
• Leaked, as a faucet
• Day rent fell?
• Leaked, as an old faucet
• Out of water bottles pennies gradually dropped
• Fell in drops
• Shed wax
• Needed a new washer
• Seeped, having been plunged right into