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hurricane lamp
noun
- a candlestick or oil lantern protected against drafts or winds by a glass chimney.
hurricane lamp
noun
- a paraffin lamp, with a glass covering to prevent the flame from being blown out Also calledstorm lantern
Word History and Origins
Origin of hurricane lamp1
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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