spirit lamp
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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One with a spirit lamp, the other with a flashlight.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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
Now she poured out the coffee, extinguished the spirit lamp, and handed her companion a cup of the steaming beverage.
From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Hillern, Wilhelmine von
Well, I want some food and Frank might light the spirit lamp.
From Northwest! by Bindloss, Harold
He lighted a spirit lamp, not in the vulgar sense of that word, but a lamp, before whose rays no spirit, however determined, could stand, for an instant.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
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