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time lamp

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noun

  1. an oil lamp of the 17th and 18th centuries, burning at a fixed rate and having a reservoir graduated in units of time.

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"And next time lamp who you're buttin' into, you pie-faced, turkey-shanked——" Well, maybe that's enough of the lady's repartee to quote exact; for the rest wa'n't strictly ladylike.

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