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[ puhm-per ] / ˈpʌm pər /
nouna person or thing that pumps. a fire truck specially equipped to pump water at the site of a fire. Origin of pumperFirst recorded in 1650–60; pump1 + -er1 Words nearby pumperpump, pump-action, pump-and-dump, pump box, pumped storage, pumper, pumpernickel, pump gun, pumping, pump iron, pumpkin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pumperA pumper and a hook-and-ladder truck swung around the corner, lurching to a stop. The Secret Pact|Mildred A. Wirt I was startled because this was almost the only man except the pumper and the train crews that had been there since I came. Danger Signals|John A. Hill and Jasper Ewing Brady Yet with Yoricks inconsequence, the narrator is led aside and exclaims at the end of this chapter, But where is Pumper? Laurence Sterne in Germany|Harvey Waterman Thayer An hour later, a big broad shouldered Irishman who proved to be the pumper, came ambling along on a railroad velocipede. Danger Signals|John A. Hill and Jasper Ewing Brady
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