Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pump trolley

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English

Syllables: pump trol-ley
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism; a handcar.

Example Sentences

"The train, minus the three abandoned trucks, again proceeded at a slow pace, with a pump trolley doing pilot ahead ; this was very necessary as a great many sleepers were found to have been burnt underneath the fishplates."
"A gang was sent out on a pump trolley and the inspection car followed."
"Immediately after the train had pulled away from St. Peters, Alfred Morrison, section foreman along with his helper, Frank Lindloft, took off with the pump trolley."

Inflected Forms

pump trolleys (plural) pump-trolley (alternative)

Synonyms

handcar jigger Kalamazoo pump car

Questions

What does pump trolley mean?: A light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism; a handcar.

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