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单词 pump-handler
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pump-handlern.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pump-handle n., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < pump-handle n. + -er suffix1. Compare later pumphandle v. and also quots. 1820, 1843 at pump-handle n. Compounds.
colloquial. Obsolete.
A handshake reminiscent of the working of a pump-handle.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation > gesture > handshake
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1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows II. xxi. 58 Exchanged the salute for a most hearty old English pump-handler.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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