a yard of pump water

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something which is very straight and very thin. UK,US,dialectal
    — as/so thin as a yard of pump water; as skinny as a yard of pump-water; as straight as a yard of pump-water; like a yard of pump water

词形变化

yards of pump water plural

词源

Perhaps because a stream of water falling approximately three feet from a water pump into a bucket is both straight and thin; but compare also yard of ale, where the yard is a tall, slender, hollow receptacle.
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