a yard of pump water
English edit
Etymology edit
A stream of water falling approximately three feet from a water pump into a bucket is both straight and thin.
Noun edit
a yard of pump water (plural yards of pump water)
- (US, UK, dialectal) Something which is very straight and very thin.
- 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
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