nodding donkey

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noun

informal (in the oil industry) a type of reciprocating pump used to extract oil from an inland well

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Word Origin for nodding donkey

C20: so called from its shape and movement

Words nearby nodding donkey

nodal, nodal point, Noddack, nodding acquaintance, nodding dog, nodding donkey, nodding lilac, nodding pogonia, nodding trillium, noddle, noddy

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How to use nodding donkey in a sentence

"I only wish the Nodding Donkey could be here to enjoy it," he went on.
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Enough to say that, unlike the Nodding Donkey, they suffered no accident.
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"The Nodding Donkey would hardly speak to me if he saw me now," she thought.
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The Cat was just telling about the Nodding Donkey, and how he had made the lame boy smile, when she suddenly stopped mewing.
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Jeff reached the porch and stretched out his black, dirty hands to take the Nodding Donkey.
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