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hurricane lamp definition

hurricane lamp

  1. an oil lamp or candlestick with a tall glass chimney to keep the flame from being blown out
  2. an electric lamp in imitation of this

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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