"pump car" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pump cars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pump car (plural pump cars)
  1. A light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism; a handcar. Categories (topical): Rail transportation Synonyms: pump-car Synonyms (railroad car): handcar, jigger, Kalamazoo [Australia], pump trolley
    Sense id: en-pump_car-en-noun-~-9UUKit Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of 'railroad car': 96 4
  2. A child's tricycle operated by similar action.
    Sense id: en-pump_car-en-noun-aDdlPiZU

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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