droplight
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of droplight
Example Sentences
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Since Ms Roper's death, measures have been introduced across the rail industry to prevent passengers leaning out of droplight windows.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025
GWR did not produce a written risk assessment until September 2017, but that assessment found droplight windows to be one of the most significant passenger safety risks.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025
They sat in the library after dinner and read the evening papers together under the droplight, while the younger people went into the drawing room near by and talked.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
And there was a gas droplight thickly petticoated with fringed red silk.
From Etiquette by Emily Post
"Wait, I can fix that," said Sam, and reaching for a droplight that hung over the desk, the youngest Rover commenced to unfasten the wire by which it was held in position.
From The Rover Boys in Business Or, The search for the missing bonds by Edward Stratemeyer
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