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flash lamp
or flashlamp
noun
, Photography.
- a lamp for providing momentary illumination of the subject of a photograph.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flash lamp1
First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences
With an electric flash-lamp he scared them away, but soon getting used to it they came on 'in close formation.'
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It overlooks the German trenches and when the spy was using his flash lamp he could not be observed by the men in our lines.'
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"You'll find a flash lamp in the right hand pocket of my coat," directed Bridge.
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To their right, in the faint light of the flash lamp, a narrow stairway was revealed leading to the second story.
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At the foot of the stairway leading to the second floor lay the flash lamp that the boy had dropped the night before.
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