Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pump consisting of a pump-cylinder or-barrel in which a reciprocating piston works.
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Examples
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About this time Finley Morse and his brother Edwards had jointly devised and patented a new “flexible piston-pump,” from which they hoped great things.
Letters and Journals 01 Morse, Samuel F B 1914
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About this time Finley Morse and his brother Edwards had jointly devised and patented a new "flexible piston-pump," from which they hoped great things.
Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. 1831
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Every time he got the ball, panic broke out in English ranks as he scythed through their defence with his clever footwork, his strength and his piston-pump hand-off.
WalesOnline - Home 2010
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Every time he got the ball, panic broke out in English ranks as he scythed through their defence with his clever footwork, his strength and his piston-pump hand-off.
WalesOnline - Home 2010
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Every time he got the ball, panic broke out in English ranks as he scythed through their defence with his clever footwork, his strength and his piston-pump hand-off.
WalesOnline - Home 2010
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Every time he got the ball, panic broke out in English ranks as he scythed through their defence with his clever footwork, his strength and his piston-pump hand-off.
WalesOnline - Home 2010
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