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lamppost

[ lamp-pohst ]

noun

  1. a post, usually of metal, supporting a lamp that lights a street, park, etc.


lamppost

/ ˈlæmpˌpəʊst /

noun

  1. a post supporting a lamp, esp in a street


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lamppost1

First recorded in 1780–90; lamp + post 1

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Example Sentences

Chasen did not surrender her purse, jewelry, money, or car, but lurched leftward onto Whittier, where she crashed into a lamppost.

A few steps away some colored men were assembled about a lamppost, their laughter coming explosively, in repeated peals.

He climbs a lamppost, and sets to work taking notes as fast as his pencil can fly.

Drawn up and given an orderly disposition, as a rioter hanged to a lamppost.

Well, as I strolled along I saw there was something going on round this lamppost.

I leaned against a lamppost, my mind gravel-rashed, and waited for something that could be understood.

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