Excavation or structure created in the ground to access groundwater.
1Every village pump is an apparatus for such experiments.
2The shadow of the village pump has departed from his statecraft, and his political horizon girdles the earth.
3In a moment, the tow lines, that held the vagrant farm to the village pump and horse post, snapped.
4Tibby needn't go any more to the village pump-whichcertainly was nearer, but stood in the street, not in their own ground.
5For two days lunchtimes at the Village Pump were crowded with strangers out for drives.
6The Shell pipeline close to the village pumped 120,000 barrels of oil.
7In front of the house is a large pond, fed by the aqueduct that supplies the village pumps with water.
8"But surely you remember that lost tribesman at the next table, with the nose like the village pump, and the wife with the emerald necklace?"
Translations for village pump