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street lamp en · NOUN

Etymology

From street + lamp.

Meanings

  1. Synonym of streetlight (“any large outdoor light used to illuminate a public area”).
    • ‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’ 1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 242:

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Synonyms

streetlight