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There's folks 'ud hold a sieve under the pump and expect to carry away the water.

George Eliot
Common Sense, Water, Pumps
George Eliot (2016). “Adam Bede”, p.345, George Eliot
There's folks 'ud hold a sieve under the pump and expect to carry away the water.