cigarette lighter
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Operating like a cigarette lighter, this system produced an ignition spark by bringing a piece of pyrite into contact with a revolving, spring-powered wheel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
The concert footage shows thousands of fans holding their lit-up mobile phones aloft, as the band play their hit Tender, doing the job once reserved for a cigarette lighter.
From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024
The one they used cost about $1000, is the size of a cigarette lighter and plugs into a laptop like a flash drive.
From New York Times • May 15, 2023
Inside were the remnants of the cigarette lighter, shorn concrete panels neatly stacked to form aisles.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2022
It could be a cigarette lighter, a gun trigger, the speakers, or a flickering streetlight; it could be anything.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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