lamp oil
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Benjamin Franklin is said to have urged Parisians to alter their sleep schedules to save candles and lamp oil.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
Before that, northern elephant seals nearly disappeared entirely because of hunting during the 19th century for their blubber, which was used for lamp oil and soap.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2022
The event disrupted power to hundreds in the area, said Eric Scoredos, who was at the hardware searching for lamp oil Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2021
A century before that, this was the capital of the global whaling industry, where liquid spermaceti wax was harvested from the skulls of the leviathans, for processing into candles and lamp oil.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 14, 2017
I clenched my jaw as I watched the Butterfly slosh lamp oil over the dry wood of the ship.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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