Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The person who has charge of the light in a lighthouse or lightship.
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Examples
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The old light-keeper was launching his boat to cross over to the spit, and we turned to him for an explanation.
Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California Caroline C. Leighton
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They said some of the wreckers had been arrested, and had incriminated the assistant light-keeper.
The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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On these occasions, the light-keeper is seen in his best mood, and is the perfection of politeness and urbanity, for then a hope of reappointment is betrayed in every movement.
The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 Various
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The light-keeper at Ediz Hook told us to-day that he had exhumed an old
Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California Caroline C. Leighton
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With eyes mostly on the oil-clothed floor, the light-keeper would smoke and yarn unhurriedly.
Wide Courses 1912
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What was it that the light-keeper was hiding from the world?
The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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Still the rain and the wind, and no visitors at the ropes, not even the light-keeper.
Keziah Coffin Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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The light-keeper shut off his laughter by a sudden and rather frightened gulp.
Keziah Coffin Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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The light-keeper was "spying" again, was watching to see if he violated his contract.
The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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Brown and the light-keeper lifted the box into the back part of the
The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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