lamp chimney
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A coal-oil lamp was lighted and placed in the middle of the table when supper was at last ready; gold light filled the kitchen, pouring from the open fireplace and from the sparkling lamp chimney.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
Bill’s eyes were fixed on the yellow light around the lamp chimney; John was studying his cousin’s face.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
The lamp chimney acts as a support for the leaves, L, and it protects them from currents of air.
From How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity by St. John, Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew)
The Indian woman lifted the lamp chimney waveringly and scratched a match and, with unsteady hands, lighted the wick; Constance caught up her woolen hood from the table and put it on.
From The Indian Drum by Balmer, Edwin
These first machine-guns made a curious noise like the explosion of many sulphur matches held one after the other over a lamp chimney.
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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