hurricane lamp

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noun
  1. a candlestick or oil lantern protected against drafts or winds by a glass chimney.

Origin of hurricane lamp

1
First recorded in 1890–95
  • Also called hurricane lantern.

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How to use hurricane lamp in a sentence

  • Then she grabbed a hurricane lamp and threw it with all her might, followed by another.

    Lena Horne's Stormy Past | James Gavin | May 10, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • The romance is closed, and he steals to his bunk with a hurricane lamp and finds a bundle of letters.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
  • He lighted the hurricane lamp, took off his coat, turned up the bicycle, and set speedily to work.

    Sons and Lovers | David Herbert Lawrence
  • Then we took each a hurricane lamp, and went about the decks collecting flying fish for breakfast, finding a dozen of them.

    The Sea and the Jungle | H. M. Tomlinson
  • The old man came sideways down the bridge ladder with a hurricane lamp, and stood with us, striking a light for his cigar.

    The Sea and the Jungle | H. M. Tomlinson
  • Tableaux-vivants are lovely in their way, even in a cave lighted dimly by a hurricane-lamp, but sterner scenes are on the curtain.

    Foes in Ambush | Charles King

British Dictionary definitions for hurricane lamp

hurricane lamp

noun
  1. a paraffin lamp, with a glass covering to prevent the flame from being blown out: Also called: storm lantern

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