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a yard of pump water

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Something which is very straight and very thin.

UK, US, dialectal

Examples

“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”
“For quotations using this term, see⟳ Citations:a yard of pump water.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

a year and a day a- -ing A-1 A-106 A-109 A-2

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