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noun

Plunger n.

One who, or that which, plunges; a diver.

A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.

One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator. (Cant)

(Pottery) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence.

(Gun.) The firing pin of a breechloader.

Plunger bucket, a piston, without a valve, in a pump.

Plunger pole, the pump rod of a pumping engine.

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

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"Plunger" Quotes from Famous Books

... to take a look at Simon Peter to-day. He is as interesting as a fast game of volley ball. And he did get some hot ones handed to him. Impulsive fellow that he was, he was always getting his foot into it. Peter was a plunger; he wanted to do things, and do them right now. Loyal soul—he would fight for his friend at the drop of a hat; but he was subject to fits of depression, and at such times his heart would fail him, or he would lose his grip on himself and do ...

— "Say Fellows--" - Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues • Wade C. Smith

... plunger from Plungerville, if you know what that means. From nine to three he is the strictest and best business man in the city. If you spoke to him then of the True Blue Athletic Club he wouldn't know what ...

— Revenge! • by Robert Barr

... and one half miles slid easily behind. Then, as if to make up for this bit of leniency, six rapids came in close succession, though they were of a kind that we could safely run, and all the boats went flying through them without a mishap of any kind. The next was a plunger so mixed up with rocks that we made a let-down and again proceeded a short distance before we were halted by one more of the same sort, though we were able to run the lower portion of it. A little below this we met a friendly drop, and whizzed through its rush and roar in triumph. ...

— A Canyon Voyage • Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

... as a spectre, and had a skin like parchment. He was a renowned plunger in desert wells, and could remain beneath the water, men said, for a space of four minutes. But he could also do another thing. He could eat scorpions. And this he would do for a small sum of money. Only, during the fast of Ramadan, between ...

— Halima And The Scorpions - 1905 • Robert Hichens

... called him Drennen the Unlucky had named him Headlong Drennen. His is that type which, in another environment and taking the gamble of life from another angle, is termed a plunger. There was no room for half-heartedness in so positive a nature. Where he loved he worshipped. He had had an idol once before, his father. Now, after half a score of years, he made himself another idol. And it, in turn, made of him ...

— Wolf Breed • Jackson Gregory

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