lamp trimmer

noun

1. a sailor responsible for keeping the oil lamps of a ship burning brightly, especially the deck and navigation lamps.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lamp trimmer¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

That Mr. Murdoch knew of the danger of meeting ice appears from the evidence of Hemming, a lamp trimmer, who says that about 7.15 p. m.

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When all was quiet at the time which we chose to call midnight, a little blue rat came out and began to tear the bark from our willow lamp trimmer.

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You've got a carpenter and a lamp trimmer and a bo'sun and a squad of quartermasters.

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