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Definition of Lamplighter
1. Noun. (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights.
Definition of Lamplighter
1. n. One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps.
Definition of Lamplighter
1. Noun. A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn. An obsolete occupation since lights are now electric, most likely seen in the works of such authors as Charles Dickens, often appearing as a symbolic light-bringing figure. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lamplighter
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Medical Definition of Lamplighter
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1. One who, or that which, lights a lamp; especially, a person who lights street lamps.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lamplighter
Literary usage of Lamplighter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1872)
"The lamplighter. Pic Nic Papen. CD to JF Character of Lord George Gordon. ...
The lamplighter was his old farce, * which he now turned into a comic tale; ..."
2. The Plough, the Loom, and the AnvilFarm buildings (1855)
"A COMPANION TO THE 'lamplighter.' AN INTERESTING AND MORAL TALE OF DOMESTIC LIFE.
When the " lamplighter " appeared, the reading public was taken by ..."
3. A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson (1905)
"XXX THE lamplighter MY tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky. It's time
to take the window to see ..."
4. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Léon Vallée, Richard Garnett, Alois Brandl (1899)
"She is chiefly remembered as the author of the once popular novel "The
lamplighter" (1853), of which seventy thousand copies were sold in the first year of ..."
5. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1918)
"THE lamplighter My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky; It's time
to take the window to see ..."
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