Aldis lamp

/ (ˈɔːldɪs) /

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noun

a portable lamp used to transmit Morse code

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Word Origin for Aldis lamp

C20: originally a trademark, after A. C. W. Aldis, its inventor

Words nearby Aldis lamp

alderwoman, al desko, aldicarb, Aldine, Aldington, Aldis lamp, Aldiss, Aldm., aldohexose, aldol, aldolase

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Another Dem who has been just a heart-beat (or a lamp bash) away from being president.
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“When Tibor died we did a retrospective of MCo., and the lamp was the last thing you saw,” she says.
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That he ends up not lighting a lamp but tangled in the cobwebs is one of the truths of this valuable book.
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Struggling with the only battery-operated lamp, McDaniel glanced at Boyah.
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Maybe the cleric can rub his own magic lamp, and ask it to explain the concept known as brain drain.
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He came to the top of the stairs with a lamp in his hand, and wanted to know what the rumpus was about.
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Every light in the hall was ablaze; every lamp turned as high as it could be without smoking the chimney or threatening explosion.
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Now he blew out the lamp and stood over me in the half-light, holding out a hand.
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Martini appeared from his little anti-room, with a lamp in his hand, as the prison clock struck ten.
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She sat in a distant corner of the formal room discreetly lit by a shaded lamp.
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