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Definition of Pumpers
1. pumper [n] - See also: pumper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pumpers
Literary usage of Pumpers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sketches in Crude Oil: Some Accidents and Incidents of the Petroleum by John James McLaurin (1896)
"2, thirty rods west, was a small affair. Dusters and light pumpers studded the
road from Criswell to Petrolia, with the Hazelwood Oil-Company's ..."
2. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1920)
"It, therefore, is advisable to lay 3-in. hose lines from pumpers to the entrance
of buildings and to ladder pipes, turret nozzles, deluge sets and water ..."
3. Impact of Rice Research by Prabhu L. Pingali, Mahabub Hossain, International Rice Research Institute (1998)
"A holder of a title to a stock of water could still face increasing extraction
costs imposed by the usage rates of other pumpers, but these effects could be ..."
4. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1903)
"Polishers' helpers. Porters. Porters, baggage. Porters, station. Porters and
cleaners. Porters and cooks. Porters and pumpers. Porters, drawing room cars. ..."
5. Property Rights: A Practical Guide to Freedom and Prosperity by Terry Lee Anderson, Laura E. Huggins (2003)
"Like several children drinking with straws from the same soda, each pumper has
an incentive to pump fast, leaving less oil or water for other pumpers. ..."
6. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1904)
"Polishers. Polishers' helpers. Porters. Porters, baggage. Porters, station.
Porters and cleaners. Porters and cooks. Porters and pumpers. ..."
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