Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hand-pump used for washing decks.
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With legs clad in long rubber boots, they filled buckets at the deck-pump and scattered water around where needed, occasionally throwing the whole bucketful at a doubtful spot on the deck to expose it to criticism.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Morgan Robertson 1888
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