night-light
a usually dim light kept burning at night, as in a child's bedroom.
Origin of night-light
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How to use night-light in a sentence
Mademoiselle always had a nightlight on her table, and I lit it every evening before she went to bed.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room | Gaston LerouxOnly the tiny nightlight gleamed like a small, yellow eye in the center of the ceiling.
The Sex Life of the Gods | Michael KnerrTry to train the child to go to sleep in the dark, but if it is frightened give it a nightlight.
Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia | Isaac G. BriggsPerhaps mlud, the learned counsel was thinking of a nightlight.
Mr. Punch in Wig and Gown | VariousWesthove was in bed; no light but the nightlight; Bertie, with his back to the glimmer.
Footsteps of Fate | Louis Couperus
British Dictionary definitions for night-light
a dim light burning at night, esp for children
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