lamplighter
Americannoun
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a person employed to light and extinguish street lamps, especially those burning gas.
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a contrivance for lighting lamps.
noun
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(formerly) a person who lit and extinguished street lamps, esp gas ones
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any of various devices used to light lamps
Etymology
Origin of lamplighter
Example Sentences
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In “Mary Poppins Returns,” Mr. Miranda’s lamplighter, Jack, leads an athletic dance number, much in the way the chimney sweep Bert led “Step in Time.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2018
He chose to do “Mary Poppins Returns” next, taking on the role of Jack, a warm-hearted lamplighter with ties to Mary Poppins and her old cohort, Bert.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2018
For Disney, he’s already finished shooting the new “Mary Poppins” sequel, “Mary Poppins Returns,” starring Emily Blunt and Miranda playing Jack, a London lamplighter.
From Washington Post • May 31, 2018
There are night watchmen trudging through the snow and a lamplighter with his ladder and lantern.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2017
A lamplighter scuttled along the edges of the crowd igniting the gas jets atop cast-iron poles.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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