bicycle pump
noun
a hand pump for pumping air into the tyres of a bicycle
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How to use bicycle pump in a sentence
Pumping air warms the bicycle pump in a way that pumping water or oil will not.
A Text-Book of Astronomy | George C. ComstockUse a bicycle pump to clean such parts of the sewing machine as you cannot reach with a cloth or with an old tooth brush.
Food and Health | AnonymousA current of air (from a bicycle pump, for instance) will remove the dust from the feathers when dry.
Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit | Albert B. FarnhamAfter it is wound it is placed in the fire and the molten resin forced out with a bicycle-pump.
Boys' Book of Model Boats | Raymond Francis YatesFrom this he took a piece of yellow leather and a shining object that looked like a bicycle pump.
Caybigan | James Hopper
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