Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A form of signal-lamp, usually having a lens of red glass, carried at the rear end of a train.
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Examples
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As luck would have it, the latter was standing with his back to our car, perhaps a foot from the tail-lamp.
Jonah and Co. Dornford Yates 1922
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As we did so, a pale blue racer streaked by our tail-lamp with the roar of an avalanche.
Jonah and Co. Dornford Yates 1922
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And then very suddenly he caught sight of the tail-lamp of a car close to his own gate.
Greatheart 1910
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Avenue, he was wholly helpless to do more than keep the tail-lamp of the first in sight.
The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf Louis Joseph Vance 1906
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Then he ran his car out among the tall weeds close to the line of scrub willows edging the creek; extinguished his lights, including the tail-lamp; left his engine running; stood listening a moment to the whispering whirr of his motor; then, taking the flash light from his pocket, he climbed over the roadside wall and ran back across the pasture toward the house.
The Dark Star William Dodge Stevens 1899
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One ruby-red spot shone upon the road, but no number-plate was visible within the dim ruddy halo of the tail-lamp which cast it.
Danger! and Other Stories Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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But perhaps the most intriguing modification is the way the exhausts exit just below tail-lamp height in the centre of the rear bumper - leaving gaping holes where the standard pipes would be.
Auto Express: News 2010
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Along with it, Dartz has also applied white alloys, blacked-out brightwork and smoked tail-lamp lenses for a decidedly shine-proof look.
Autoblog 2010
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New combination tail-lamp clusters feature LED lights; a LED brake light is integrated within the standard rear spoiler.
Autoblog 2009
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New combination tail-lamp clusters feature LED lights;
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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