lamp·post

[lamp-pohst]
noun
a post, usually of metal, supporting a lamp that lights a street, park, etc.

Origin:
1780–90; lamp + post1

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lamppost (ˈlæmpˌpəʊst) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a post supporting a lamp, esp in a street

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Word Origin & History

lamppost
1790, from lamp + post.
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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.
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