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
A table, by one window, had on it a student lamp and neat piles of manuscript, while a dozen books were supported by book ends, against the wall.
From Cinderella Jane by Marjorie Benton Cooke
He felt as he used to feel when under the student lamp in his college room he had calculated the chances of filling a bobtail straight as against a four flush.
From Mortmain by Arthur Cheny Train
There are arrangements that will transform the banquet or student lamp into an electric drop light, or the special outfits for this use may be had in some very artistic designs.
From The Complete Home by Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth) Laughlin
He turned and looked at the student lamp inside, where it stood on the table in full view.
From Soldiers of Fortune by Richard Harding Davis
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