Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tall glass chimney or shade placed over a lighted candle or lamp to protect it from the wind.
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Examples
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He is wintering out the back-end of a bad year, swinging a hurricane-lamp through some outhouse;
SERVANT BOY 1972
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He is wintering out the back-end of a bad year, swinging a hurricane-lamp through some outhouse;
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When all was clear and the waggon once more sent on its way, the remainder started to come down, the dangerous turn now being lighted by a hurricane-lamp, held by an officer mounted on a boulder.
With Our Army in Palestine Antony Bluett
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Otway, writing beneath the hurricane-lamp, had reached this point in his letter when young Barham exclaimed to the world at large:
Foe-Farrell Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Just then I saw through one of the windows a little hurricane-lamp burning.
Plain Tales from the Hills Rudyard Kipling 1900
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It was past these that the adjutant walked rapidly away, swinging his hurricane-lamp in his hand.
The Deserter Charles King 1888
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He made his way rapidly to the stable, and there, without the knowledge of the grooms, he obtained a large hurricane-lamp, lighted it, and returned towards the house.
The Slave of the Lamp Henry Seton Merriman 1882
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A hurricane-lamp on the deck beneath cast a wavering light on a pile of ropes, a cask, the form of a man who suddenly let go the tiller and ran to the schooner’s bows.
Death of a Harbormaster Simenon, Georges 1942
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"I had my hurricane-lamp, sir, and saw it on the fence plainly.
From the Ranks Charles King 1888
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