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pumpmen

pumpmen is the plural of pumpman.

Meaning of pumpman

Noun

pumpman (plural pumpmen)

  1. A man employed to operate a pump, as in a mine.
    • This engine, and the branch engine, were washed out regularly after six days' work by the pumpman (but not on a Monday) the spare engine being used to cover their normal duties on such occasions.1952 February, J Pelham Maitland, “Locomotive Working on Sussex Branches Fifty Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page 83

Questions about pumpmen

What is pumpmen the plural of?
Pumpmen is the plural of pumpman.

Words near pumpmen in the dictionary

  1. pumpless
  2. pumplex
  3. pumplexes
  4. pumplike
  5. pumpman
  6. pumpmen
  7. Pumpokol
  8. pumpout
  9. pumpouts
  10. pumproom
  11. pumprooms

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