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pumpsman

pumpsman is the alternative form 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

Forms of pumpsman

pluralpumpsmen

Questions about pumpsman

What is pumpsman the alternative form of?
Pumpsman is the alternative form of pumpman.

Words near pumpsman in the dictionary

  1. pumps out
  2. pumps someone's fist
  3. pumps someone's tires
  4. pumps up
  5. pumps up someone's tires
  6. pumpsman
  7. pumpsmen
  8. pumpwood
  9. pumpwoods
  10. pumpy
  11. pumsae

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