cigarette lighter
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Pereira is then seen moving the object, propping it up against the MI5 HQ doors, with a green cigarette lighter positioned nearby.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
Most of these kids have never seen an ashtray or a car cigarette lighter before.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 28, 2025
Obviously, the answer was mostly yes, though two women confessed that they were only there because they borrowed a cigarette lighter from the front desk staffer and felt guilted into buying drinks.
From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 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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