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hurricane lamp

noun

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  1. A kerosene lantern.

    • I glanced around at the iron and bark walls decorated with spears and ochred totem-sticks, at the bare floor of hard earth, at the hurricane lamp dimly glowing upon rough, bush-made furniture.
    • Most of the stock is third class, with wooden seats; many broken windows have been boarded up, and a number of the coaches are lighted by hurricane lamps.
    • She heard people, and saw light - light at last, and such a bright one! A hurricane lamp was bobbing towards her, and a woman’s voice, with a nervous edge to it, called, “Who’s that?”

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