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View synonyms for hurricane lamp

hurricane lamp

noun

  1. a candlestick or oil lantern protected against drafts or winds by a glass chimney.


hurricane lamp

noun

  1. a paraffin lamp, with a glass covering to prevent the flame from being blown out Also calledstorm lantern
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hurricane lamp1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences

Then she grabbed a hurricane lamp and threw it with all her might, followed by another.

The romance is closed, and he steals to his bunk with a hurricane lamp and finds a bundle of letters.

He lighted the hurricane lamp, took off his coat, turned up the bicycle, and set speedily to work.

Then we took each a hurricane lamp, and went about the decks collecting flying fish for breakfast, finding a dozen of them.

The old man came sideways down the bridge ladder with a hurricane lamp, and stood with us, striking a light for his cigar.

Tableaux-vivants are lovely in their way, even in a cave lighted dimly by a hurricane-lamp, but sterner scenes are on the curtain.

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