"pump trolley" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pump trolleys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pump trolley (plural pump trolleys)
  1. A light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism; a handcar. Categories (topical): Rail transportation, Vehicles Synonyms: handcar, jigger, Kalamazoo [Australia], pump car, pump-trolley
    Sense id: en-pump_trolley-en-noun-~-9UUKit Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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