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Sump

noun

An oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine.

A well or other hole in which water has collected.

A covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it. Synonyms: cesspit, cesspool, sink.

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"Sump" Quotes from Famous Books

... hope this finds you well, as it leaves me at present. I'm sendin' thee a helmet that I took off a German that I com across i' one o' them gert sump-hoils that t' Jack Johnsons maks i' t' grund. He were a fearful big gobslotch, so I reckon t' helmet will do to wesh aar Jimmy in. When he gets a bit owder, he can ...

— More Tales of the Ridings • Frederic Moorman

... po' buckrahs down by de Wim'l'ton Road, en Mars Dugal' had de only vimya'd in de naberhood. I reckon it ain' so much so nowadays, but befo' de wah, in slab'ry times, a nigger did n' mine goin' fi' er ten mile in a night, w'en dey wuz sump'n good ter eat ...

— The Conjure Woman • Charles W. Chesnutt

... talk makes me sick. You are a good Christian man, I really think; but like most cullud people you are too jam full o' patience an' hope. I'll be blessed if I don't b'lieve Job was a cullud man. I ganny, I got Indian blood in me and if they pester this kid they are goin' to hear sump'in' drap." ...

— The Hindered Hand - or, The Reign of the Repressionist • Sutton E. Griggs

Words linked to "Sump" : cistern, well, reservoir