hurricane lamp
a candlestick or oil lantern protected against drafts or winds by a glass chimney.
Origin of hurricane lamp
1- Also called hurricane lantern.
Words Nearby hurricane lamp
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How to use hurricane lamp in a sentence
Then she grabbed a hurricane lamp and threw it with all her might, followed by another.
The romance is closed, and he steals to his bunk with a hurricane lamp and finds a bundle of letters.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonHe lighted the hurricane lamp, took off his coat, turned up the bicycle, and set speedily to work.
Sons and Lovers | David Herbert LawrenceThen we took each a hurricane lamp, and went about the decks collecting flying fish for breakfast, finding a dozen of them.
The Sea and the Jungle | H. M. TomlinsonThe old man came sideways down the bridge ladder with a hurricane lamp, and stood with us, striking a light for his cigar.
The Sea and the Jungle | H. M. Tomlinson
Tableaux-vivants are lovely in their way, even in a cave lighted dimly by a hurricane-lamp, but sterner scenes are on the curtain.
Foes in Ambush | Charles King
British Dictionary definitions for hurricane lamp
a paraffin lamp, with a glass covering to prevent the flame from being blown out: Also called: storm lantern
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