spirit lamp
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He clapped the other on top of it and then, holding both pieces together with the tongs, held the whole thing over the flame of the spirit lamp.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
One with a spirit lamp, the other with a flashlight.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
I let go the hand as she rose to blow out the spirit lamp.
From The Sixth Sense A Novel by McKenna, Stephen
He extinguished the spirit lamp, and lighting a lantern went out into the darkness which shrouded the compound.
From Long Odds by Bindloss, Harold
When ladies called in the afternoon, Pauline gave them tea which she made in a brass kettle over a spirit lamp.
From A Woman of Genius by Austin, Mary Hunter
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