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lamplighter definition

lamp·lighter (-līt′ər)

noun

  1. a person whose work was lighting and extinguishing gas street lamps
  2. ☆ a roll of paper, a wood splinter, etc. used to light lamps

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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