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flash lamp

or flash·lamp

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noun Photography.

a lamp for providing momentary illumination of the subject of a photograph.

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Nearby words

Origin of flash lamp

First recorded in 1885–90

Also called flash.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for flash lamp

"I wonder what grounded her," mused Winslow, as he inspected the dead man with his flash-lamp.
In the Clutch of the War-God|Milo Hastings
Ours is a war-station, you know, and folk like to look at the inside, and the flash-lamp I invented.
The Place of Dragons|William Le Queux
Now and then Miss Brock, with a flash-lamp, came out from the bungalow.
I Walked in Arden|Jack Crawford
On the stock, distinctly nicked into the hard rubber as Stern held the flash-lamp to it, were the unmistakable imprints of teeth.
Darkness and Dawn|George Allan England

Beyond the threshold he halted and pressed the button of his flash-lamp.
The Efficiency Expert|Edgar Rice Burroughs