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pump trolley

pump trolley noun: a light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism; a handcar.

pump trolley: a light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism; a handcar
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Noun

pump trolley (plural pump trolleys)

  1. A light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism; a handcar.
    • The train, minus the three abandoned trucks, again proceeded at a slow pace, with a pump trolley doing pilot ahead ; this was very necessary as a great many sleepers were found to have been burnt underneath the fishplates.1901, George Gipps, The Fighting in North China (up to the Fall of Tientsin City), Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, →OL, page 40
    • A gang was sent out on a pump trolley and the inspection car followed.1910 March 4, “Supply Trade Section: Fairbanks-Morse Inspection Car”, in Railway Age Gazette, volume 48, number 9, page 509

Synonyms of pump trolley

Forms of pump trolley

pluralpump trolleys
alternative formpump-trolley

Questions about pump trolley

What does pump trolley mean?
Pump trolley means a light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism; a handcar.
What part of speech is pump trolley?
Pump trolley is a noun.
What is the plural of pump trolley?
The plural of pump trolley is pump trolleys.

Words near pump trolley in the dictionary

  1. pump pics
  2. pump room
  3. pump rooms
  4. pump someone's fist
  5. pump someone's tires
  6. pump trolley
  7. pump trolleys
  8. pump truck
  9. pump trucks
  10. pump up
  11. pump up someone's tires

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