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 green-shaded student lamp with a pile of magazines and papers on the table caught their curious eyes, and they gazed in awe at the long shelves of books against the wall.
From Helen of the Old House by Harold Bell Wright
Mrs. Wyman left the room and the consul drew his chair closer to his desk where a student lamp burned.
From A Voyage with Captain Dynamite by Charles Edward Rich
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
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 Tony Sarg
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