Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See garden-pump.

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Examples

  • ‘If you persisted in ringing at the bell and claiming me,’ said the bride of Tinkling to that gentleman, ‘you would have things dropped on your head from the window over the handle, or you would be played upon by the garden-engine.’

    A Holiday Romance 2007

  • ‘If you persisted in ringing at the bell and claiming me,’ said the bride of Tinkling to that gentleman, ‘you would have things dropped on your head from the window over the handle, or you would be played upon by the garden-engine.’

    A Holiday Romance 2007

  • Consequently if the Major HAD played on him with the garden-engine which he got privately into his room without my knowing of it, I think that much as I should have regretted it there would have been words betwixt the Major and me.

    Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy 2007

  • Consequently if the Major HAD played on him with the garden-engine which he got privately into his room without my knowing of it, I think that much as I should have regretted it there would have been words betwixt the Major and me.

    Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy 2007

  • "And if I were you, I'd take a light garden-engine, full of water, to squirt at the enemy."

    Prince Prigio Andrew Lang 1878

  • The garden-engine of poor little Alphonso was lying in the valley, all broken and useless.

    Prince Prigio Andrew Lang 1878

  • "And if I were you, I'd take a light garden-engine, full of water, to squirt at the enemy."

    Prince Prigio From "His Own Fairy Book" Andrew Lang 1878

  • Off he flew; and there he was in a second, just beside poor Alphonso's garden-engine.

    Prince Prigio From "His Own Fairy Book" Andrew Lang 1878

  • Off he flew; and there he was in a second, just beside poor Alphono's garden-engine.

    Prince Prigio Andrew Lang 1878

  • The stablemen rushed with pails of water, and directly after them the Scotch gardener with his garden-engine, which held several gallons.

    Vixen, Volume II. 1875

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