fairy lamp

noun

1. a lamp using a candle as the source of illumination, usually constructed of glass or ceramic material, set on a metal base, and having a fabric shade.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fairy lamp¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Oh, the striped awning and the fairy lamp, The cool night fragrance, the insidious damp, And, more insidious still, The sweet effrontery of the beardless scamp Who babbles at his will.

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"Are you carrying a lamp—a fairy lamp?" asked Linde in a tone of great relief.

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The ultra-fastidious may possibly be repelled by what they would term the vulgarity of the title,—"The Night-light Ever Burning by the Bed"—but, although it is true that this humble luminary is now more generally called a "Fairy Lamp," persons of true taste and refinement will prefer the homely simplicity of its earlier name.

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Among the other-489- articles that find place on the table is a little fairy lamp with a shade of green tissue paper that gives the softest light imaginable.

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From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.

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