student lamp

noun

1. a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.

Word History and Origins

Origin of student lamp¹

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

He promptly took off his coat, displaying in the rays of a green-shaded student lamp a pair of forearms worthy of the hands which went with them.

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He felt as he used to feel when under the student lamp in his college room he had calculated the chances of filling a bobtail straight as against a four flush.

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He stood outside a time, looking through the window at Jane whose golden head was bowed in the mellow glow of the student lamp as she worked at her desk.

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On a center table, all gilt and glass, was a common student lamp, looking cheap and mean in that quiet, rich, glittering room, and beside it were some sheets of paper and several pencils.

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“I was correcting some examination papers,” she added, going to the desk and turning out the student lamp.

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