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
I made a point of the advantages to be derived by carrying on our investigations beside the student lamp during the long evenings of early spring, which were then on us.
From Fibble, D.D. by Sarg, Tony
A flood of radiance from the relighted student lamp fell athwart the floor.
From The Brass Bowl by Vance, Louis Joseph
Panic-stricken, she turned to the student lamp and with a quick twirl and upward jerk of the chimney-catch extinguished the flame.
From The Brass Bowl by Vance, Louis Joseph
The arm-chair was gone, the books were gone, the student lamp was gone, although it was my sitting-room.
From Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty by Williams, J. Scott (John Scott)
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