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a yard of pump water

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.08 in modern English

Syllables
a -yard of pump wa-ter
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something which is very straight and very thin.

British usage; American usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

Perhaps because a stream of water falling approximately three feet from a water pump into a bucket is both straight and thin; but compare also yard of ale, where the yard is a tall, slender, hollow receptacle.

Usage

Inflected Forms

yards of pump water (plural)

Phrases

water pump

Frequently Paired Words

water pump

Questions

What does a yard of pump water mean?
Something which is very straight and very thin.
Where does a yard of pump water come from?
Perhaps because a stream of water falling approximately three feet from a water pump into a bucket is both straight and thin; but compare also yard of ale, where the yard is a tall, slender, hollow receptacle.

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