Definition of "pumps" []

• Plural form of pump. (noun)
• Gym shoes (noun)
• A woman's shoe that has medium or high heels and no fastenings. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pump. (verb)

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• "I had indeed gotten two pair of shoes now, which I took off of the feet of the two drowned men whom I saw in the wreck, and I found two pair more in one of the chests, which were very welcome to me; but they were not like our English shoes, either for ease or service, being rather what we call pumps than shoes."
• "I had, indeed, got two pair of shoes now, which I took off the feet of two drowned men whom I saw in the wreck, and I found two pair more in one of the chests, which were very welcome to me; but they were not like our English shoes, either for ease or service, being rather what we call pumps than shoes."
• "English shoes, either for ease or service, being rather what we call pumps than shoes."