nodding donkey

English

Etymology

From the resemblance to a donkey with its head nodding.

Noun

nodding donkey (plural nodding donkeys)

1. (informal) A pumpjack.

Translations

a pumpjack

• Russian: стано́к-кача́лка (ru) m (stanók-kačálka)
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