pump car

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pump car

noun pump cars · pump-car

A light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism; a handcar. Down from Black Adder came Tim O'Cannon and his gang, pumping a pump-car for all they were worth, trailing behind them a flat-top trolley packed with Tim's Blossom and his six quadroons.
Similar: handcar, jigger, Kalamazoo, pump trolley
A child's tricycle operated by similar action. There's no reason why junior can't have a pump car due to metal priorities because you can make an all-wood model.

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@misc{pump_car_2026,
  title = {pump car},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pump%20car},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}