fairy lamp
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fairy lamp
First recorded in 1890–95
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The fire-fly, with its fairy lamp, Flashes within its soft green bower; The humming sphinx flits in and out, To sip the nectar of its flower.
From Autumn Leaves Original Pieces in Prose and Verse by Anne Wales Abbot
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.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, November 4th 1893 by Various
Next moment an exquisite ring, diamonds and emeralds, scintillated in the light of the nearest fairy lamp.
From My Lord Duke by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
"Are you carrying a lamp—a fairy lamp?" asked Linde in a tone of great relief.
From Fairies Afield by Mrs. (Mary Louisa) Molesworth
From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.
From The Dark Star by William Dodge Stevens
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