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Gusher   /gˈəʃər/   Listen
Gusher

noun
1.
An oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary.





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"Gusher" Quotes from Famous Books



... 'em all the way you did Stella," says I, "it'll be as good as ownin' a Texas gusher. But, by the way, just how did you ...
— Torchy As A Pa • Sewell Ford
... to see you this morning. Been called away. Trouble in our Texas oil field. Main gusher stopped. May be a pauper instead of a millionaire. Would have got out of this damned heat before now if I hadn't wanted to keep an ...
— The Desert Fiddler • William H. Hamby
... shoot an oil well," went on Jack. "They say it is a wonderful sight, especially if the well happens to be a real gusher." ...
— The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck - Stirring Adventures in the Oil Fields • Edward Stratemeyer
... at the sun. "I think I have spoken to you on an average of once a day for the last fifteen years," said he. "I am not a gusher, however. I have not seen a newspaper this morning and ask you if ...
— Old Ebenezer • Opie Read
... surprised to read of "Mexican Eagles rising on the announcement of the new Gusher." Nor a little later to find the announcement, "Stock Exchange ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, September 8th, 1920 • Various


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