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pump cars

pump cars is the plural of pump car.

Meaning of pump car

Noun

pump car (plural pump cars)

  1. A light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism; a handcar.
    • Down from Black Adder came Tim O'Cannon and his gang, pumping a pump-car for all they were worth, trailing behind them a flat-top trolley packed with Tim's Blossom and his six quadroons.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XII, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 191
  2. A child's tricycle operated by similar action.
    • There's no reason why junior can't have a pump car due to metal priorities because you can make an all-wood model.1944 April, Popular Mechanics, page 89

Questions about pump cars

What is pump cars the plural of?
Pump cars is the plural of pump car.

Words near pump cars in the dictionary

  1. pump and jump
  2. pump and jumps
  3. pump attendant
  4. pump attendants
  5. pump car
  6. pump cars
  7. pump drill
  8. pump drills
  9. pump escape
  10. pump escapes
  11. pump fake

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