Example Sentences

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Thus I pump water without a pump—in other words, with a pumpless pump!

From Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures by Franklin, Edgar, [pseud.]

I chose what seemed to be the lesser evil; I elected to examine the pumpless pump.

From Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures by Franklin, Edgar, [pseud.]