pump, n. = slut

[Wilson Gray]

On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 12:54 PM, David Barnhart <dbarnhart at highlands.com>wrote:

> the school pump


I heard this as "the *town* pump," with the relevant meaning, punning on
Hawthorne, I assume,  ca. 1970, when I was a student at UC Davis. "Pump" as
a verb in the relevant meaning can be heard in the race-record/R&B oldie,
"My Bicycle Tillie," by the Bill Samuels & The Cats 'N' Jammer Three, from
1947. It's available on YouTube for anyone who cares.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_FgQUh2inc


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