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noun 
  1. (context, dated, except, _, Australia, and, New Zealand) The fuel metering/delivery pump found in a filling station.
  2. A road vehicle (often a trailer) for the transport of liquid fuel, particularly aviation fuel at an airfield.
  3. a mobile water tank deployed to distribute fresh water in emergency situations where the normal system of piped distribution has broken down or is insufficient.
Translations: 
  • Spanish: camión cisterna
Etymology: Originally a trade name of SF Bowser inc., the company of w:Sylvanus Bowser, Sylvanus Bowser the US inventor of the first fuel pump.


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