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Definition of Dumper

1. Noun. Truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity.

Definition of Dumper

1. Noun. A small one-man diesel-powered vehicle often used to carry loads and material around, often on building sites. ¹

2. Noun. A dropper of rubbish, particularly not in landfill sites/recycling sites. ¹

3. Noun. One who would drop their boyfriend or girlfriend, the person in the couple who has finished the relationship. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dumper

1. one that dumps [n -S] - See also: dumps

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumper

Literary usage of Dumper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Industrial Conditions and Competition: Reports of the Commissioners by British Iron Trade Association, James Stephen Jeans (1902)
"The car dumper has a proven capacity of thirty 5O-ton cars per hour ; but the average speed of working is only fifteen 5O-ton cars, or 750 tons per hour, ..."

2. The History of Pennsylvania from the Earliest Discovery to the Present Time by William Mason Cornell (1876)
"... and it is between this pillar and the surface that all the *=.. coal is worked out. The plan of work adopted by the COAL SHUTE, dumper, AND BREAKER. ..."

3. The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value and by John Proffatt, Abraham Clark Freeman (1887)
"dumper v. Syms, Cro. Eliz. 815, the same strictness is found, where it was held that a condition in a lease for years, that the lessee or his assigns should ..."

4. Street-cleaning and the Disposal of a City's Wastes: Methods and Results and by George Edwin Waring (1897)
"This system for moving earth, etc., has been largely and suc- A BARNEY dumper AT SEA, WITH ITS TUG. The boat has been opened and is being towed along, ..."

5. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1902)
"The cradle and empty car are then'returned to their normal position, the clamps are released, and the following loaded car coming onto the dumper pushes off ..."

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