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lamp·post
/
ˈlæmpˌpoʊst
/
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[
lamp
-pohst
]
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noun
a
post
, usually of metal, supporting a
lamp
that lights a street, park, etc.
Origin:
1780–90;
lamp
+
post
1
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lamppost
(ˈlæmpˌpəʊst)
—
n
a post supporting a lamp, esp in a street
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
lamppost
1790, from
lamp
+
post
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Eleanor was nine when he died, the result of driving his carriage into a
lamppost
and being thrown to the street.
They know that anyone in town can tune into that camera on the
lamppost
over
there and they don't much care.
Chain your motorcycle or snowmobile to a stationary object such as a
lamppost
or sewer grating.
Outside it is snowing, and a blustery wind whirls fleeting flakes through milky
orbs of
lamppost
light.
Look out your window on a clear morning, and you see a plaque on a
lamppost
gleaming in the sunlight.
The real change peers down from every
lamppost
, rooftop, and street sign.
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