plunger : Idioms & Phrases

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Plunger bucket

  • a piston, without a valve, in a pump.
Webster 1913

Plunger pole

  • the pump rod of a pumping engine.
Webster 1913

Plunger pump

  • a pump, as for water, having a plunger, instead of a piston, to act upon the water. It may be single-acting or double-acting
Webster 1913