lamp trimmer

American  

noun

1. a sailor responsible for keeping the oil lamps of a ship burning brightly, especially the deck and navigation lamps.

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Etymology

Origin of lamp trimmer

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

That Mr. Murdoch knew of the danger of meeting ice appears from the evidence of Hemming, a lamp trimmer, who says that about 7.15 p. m.

From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by Government, British

When all was quiet at the time which we chose to call midnight, a little blue rat came out and began to tear the bark from our willow lamp trimmer.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.

You've got a carpenter and a lamp trimmer and a bo'sun and a squad of quartermasters.

From Command by McFee, William