Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The barrel or cylinder of a wooden pump; the pump-stock.
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Examples
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A pair of them once persisted in building their nest in the top of a certain pump-tree, getting in through the opening above the handle.
A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Various 1891
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A pair of them once persisted in building their nest in the top of a certain pump-tree, getting in through the opening above the handle.
In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs John Burroughs 1879
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