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
When dinner was over Mary Louise went into the library and, drawing a chair to where the light of the student lamp flooded her book, tried to read.
From Mary Louise by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
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 Vance, Louis Joseph
"You want a crockery set, first; a student lamp, and an oil can to keep your oil in."
From The Varmint by Gruger, Frederic Rodrigo
I went out this morning and bought a student lamp at the store, paying six dollars and a half for it.
From A Woman who went to Alaska by Sullivan, May Kellogg
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