Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A post supporting a street lamp.
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- noun The pole that holds up a light so it can illuminate a wide area, such as holds up a streetlight.
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Examples
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When was the last time a lamppost was a terrorist target?
From Hunger Steve Hulett 2007
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So these Kings and Queens entered the thicket, and before they had gone a score of paces they all remembered that the thing they had seen was called a lamppost, and before they had gone twenty more they noticed that they were. making their way not through branches but through coats.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Lewis, C. S. 1950
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a lamppost was there and then it wasn't snow started to spit and lemons fell like pale tears while we stood and talked of all that had passed silent between us and you laughing suggested we make love in midair over the angry Italian chop
falling Gary Percesepe 2010
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Dictators take these “deals” because the alternative is that they may end up strung up to a lamppost.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Garzon and the Trouble with International Law” 2010
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Dictators take these “deals” because the alternative is that they may end up strung up to a lamppost.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Garzon and the Trouble with International Law” 2010
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The New York Post quoted one witness as saying, “The Ferarri took a sharp right to the left and lost it, swerving across the lanes, taking out a lamppost and a newsstand” before crashing into the pizza parlor.
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And it shows: almost every lamppost is adorned with yellow signs pointing the way to new developments.
Repossession capital of England still trying to build its way out of trouble 2011
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According to reports, the 56-year-old was driving a McLaren F1 super car when it spun around several times, ran into a tree and a lamppost and caught fire.
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And it shows: almost every lamppost is adorned with yellow signs pointing the way to new developments.
Repossession capital of England still trying to build its way out of trouble 2011
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Dictators take these “deals” because the alternative is that they may end up strung up to a lamppost.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Garzon and the Trouble with International Law” 2010
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