cigarette lighter
Britishnoun
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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
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
An auxiliary cable strings out from the cigarette lighter, attached to an iPod.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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