a yard of pump water

English

Etymology

A stream of water falling approximately three feet from a water pump into a bucket is both straight and thin.

Noun

a yard of pump water (plural yards of pump water)

1. (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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