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/dˈɑŋki pəmp/ Listen

noun

Donkey n. (pl. donkeys)

An ass; or (less frequently) a mule.

A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass.

Donkey engine, a small auxiliary engine not used for propelling, but for pumping water into the boilers, raising heavy weights, and like purposes.

Donkey pump, a steam pump for feeding boilers, extinguishing fire, etc.; usually an auxiliary.

Donkey's eye (Bot.), the large round seed of the Mucuna pruriens, a tropical leguminous plant.

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"Donkey pump" Quotes from Famous Books

... said he. "We must have struck some sort of wreckage, or lumber float. There is a small hole in the bow, just above the water line, and several of the seams have been opened. Captain Barforth is having the hole closed up and has started up the donkey pump to keep the water low in the hold. He says he thinks we can make one of the nearby ports without ...

— The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle - or The Strange Cruise of the Steam Yacht. • Edward Stratemeyer (AKA Arthur M. Winfield)

... once—a very good little "Manchester Donkey Pump," but as noisy as they make 'em—and it became a question whether she should be discarded for an injector; she was bolted to a wall in the basement of a block of offices and could be heard throughout the building, ...

— The Stoker's Catechism • W. J. Connor