† pump shoen.1
Obsolete.
The piston of a pump.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > plunger or piston
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1534 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (1882) (modernized text) III. 569/2 (Richmond) 2 pump shoes /4.
1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. at Churn-Pump It [sc. a churn-pump] is composed of a Toppiece and a Cann, well joynted together, a Rod and a Pump-Shoe of Leather.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
pump shoen.2
/ˈpʌmpʃuː/, U.S. /ˈpəmpˌʃu/ = pump n.2
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > light shoe or slipper
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1689 London Gaz. No. 2484/4 Charles Russel, aged 14 years,..Woolen Stockins, Pitch'd and Tarr'd, Pump Shooes..; went away from his Master.., about 10 weeks since.
1750 Laird & Farmer (new ed.) ix. 51 I called for one Pair of Pump-Shoes, such as I had seen upon Lord —'s feet, London Make.
1869 Herald & Torch Light (Hagerstown, Maryland) 2 June He used to visit at the White House, arrayed in white pants and vest, and wearing something like the old-fashioned pump shoes, highly polished.
1925 S. Banerjea Nation in Making xiv. 156 An aide-de-camp..noticed that two of the members of the deputation had Indian pump-shoes on. They were asked to take them off.
2003 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 15 Sept. (Flair Mag.) 11/1 Ce'Cile says she would grab her..lip gloss and black pump shoes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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