smoking lamp
noun
formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
Origin of smoking lamp
1First recorded in 1880–85
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How to use smoking lamp in a sentence
Milford reached over and turned down the ragged blaze of the smoking lamp.
A Yankee from the West | Opie ReadGiovanni quickly extinguished the candles and replaced in its corner the smoking lamp, which but dimly lighted the apartment.
The Bath Keepers, v.1 (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume VII) | Charles Paul de KockIn the immense hall, badly lighted by a smoking lamp, there were only two men to be seen.
Within an Inch of His Life | Emile GaboriauA smoking lamp hung low over a center table, dropping a dusky round glow on the larger circle beneath it.
Mr. Wicker's Window | Carley DawsonThen, blowing out the light, she reached over and set the smoking lamp on the piano near by.
The Damnation of Theron Ware | Harold Frederic
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