pump car
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism; a handcar.
Example Sentences
- "Down from Black Adder came Tim O'Cannon and his gang, pumping a pump-car for all they were worth, trailing behind them a flat-top trolley packed with Tim's Blossom and his six quadroons."
- "To reach their destination, the group had to go down from camp on pump cars, four miles by rail to Deep River; here they took boats to Svenson's Landing, two miles down the river and then walked the remaining six miles with the musicians carrying their instruments."
- "There's no reason why junior can't have a pump car due to metal priorities because you can make an all-wood model."