Pump Water (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Pump Water

He was christened in pump water; commonly said of a person that has a red face.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

Pump * Punch

Nearby

Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

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