Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a locomotive, a supply-pipe or suction-pipe leading to the feed-pump or injector from the tank which carries the water.
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Examples
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Two men got in through a small hole -- the mouth of the mine is blocked -- and one of them is tapping on the iron pump-pipe.
The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs
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