student lamp
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of student lamp
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Example Sentences
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Associate Justice Brandeis refused to accept one. plunked down in front of him a battered, goose-necked student lamp of his own.
From Time Magazine Archive
Beside a student lamp a plump little old lady sat knitting.
From A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today by William MacLeod Raine
The single anachronism was the big, nickel, green-shaded student lamp.
From Out of the Air by Inez Haynes Gillmore
Satisfied at last, she found herself again in the study, and now boldly, mind at rest, lighted the brass student lamp with the green shade, which she discovered on the desk.
From The Brass Bowl by Louis Joseph Vance
In another moment a dozen marshmallows were frizzling over the gas-jets, while the student lamp did duty for several more.
From Peggy by Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze) Barry
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