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bilge pump
noun
, Nautical.
- a pump for removing water from a bilge.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bilge pump1
First recorded in 1865–70
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Example Sentences
Each engine has one feed and one bilge pump attached to the air pump, and worked by the same lever.
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Then I screwed the cap on again and went home, taking Allie's bilge-pump with me, for I couldn't stop to unship the hose.
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Get the hand bilge pump going and I'll start the power pump with the electric light engine!
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"We've started the bilge-pump, but it's no' drawing much," he said.
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"All the same, you have started the bilge pump," said Kit, for a sharp throbbing pierced the beat of machinery.
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