beer engine

American  

noun

British.

1. beer pump.

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Etymology

Origin of beer engine

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

The pub's main bar - with its 150-year-old Chelsea pottery beer engine pump handles - is unusually low, with short stools in front.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2017

I was, in my own opinion, as much a part of 'The Seven Stars,' as the beer engine.

From The Spinners by Phillpotts, Eden

That snug little corner house, with the tottering zinc counter and the twisted beer engine, is an obvious estaminet.

From All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand by Hay, Ian

But the relentless Force to the wheel of whose chariot he was tied, the amazing Ginger, sauntered up to the beer engine and struck Dinkie Dawson a blow on the shoulder.

From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.

To go would be a terrible sad thing for me, for I've grown into this place and feel as much a part of it as the beer engine, or the herbaceous border.

From The Spinners by Phillpotts, Eden