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What is "stand-pipe"

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
stand-pipe

"upright pipe," in various technical senses, 1810, from stand (v.) + pipe (n.).

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Stand-pipe

Usage examples of "stand-pipe".

In the middle of this intersection a stand-pipe sprouted, with one nozzle for each of those streets, and Thames-water rushed from each nozzle to flush the gutters.