nodding donkey

English edit

Etymology edit

From the resemblance to a donkey with its head nodding.

Noun edit

nodding donkey (plural nodding donkeys)

(informal) A pumpjack.
Synonym: horsehead

Translations edit

a pumpjack

German: Pferdekopfpumpe f, Nickesel m
Russian: стано́к-кача́лка (ru) m (stanók-kačálka)

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