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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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Etymology of 'Plunger'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Plunger" Quotes from Famous Books

... 12) shows an approved tool, and this is so constructed that it can instantly be changed and set by merely pressing the end of the plunger as shown. ...

— Practical Mechanics for Boys • J. S. Zerbe

... Balcom's body out of the way. It was too late. With a thud Balcom crashed full upon the plunger, driving it home. ...

— The Master Mystery • Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey

... the roof. It is used in Persia, and, when they want to churn, they fill the goat-skin with milk, and swing it forward and backward until the butter comes. The children do the swinging, and I think it must be better fun than turning a crank or working a plunger.—Yours affectionately, O.T. ...

— St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. - Scribner's Illustrated • Various

... quickly. He was getting past his prime, with his daughter's future to be secured. But it got to be a habit and, after the death of his wife, a passion. His figure was well known on the street; he was called a plunger. Some days he made fortunes; the next lost them. Still he was the same distinguished, ...

— The Rim of the Desert • Ada Woodruff Anderson

... moment Job Plunger, the school janitor, was coming along the corridor carrying an armful of old magazines which he had been ordered to store away in the attic. As my old readers know, Plunger, who had been nicknamed "Shout," was quite deaf, and with eyes in another ...

— The Rover Boys Under Canvas - or The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine • Arthur M. Winfield

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