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noun
A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Any device or contrivance for lighting lamps, such as a length of paper to be set alight at one end.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A kind of tall bicycle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
(when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: worker
History
From lamp + lighter.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
