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Lamplighter

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Noun

1. lamplighter

(when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lamplighter

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noun
1. 
(formerly) a person who lit and extinguished street lamps, esp gas ones
2. mainly US and Canadian
any of various devices used to light lamps

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Lamplighter

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

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lamplighter

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n.
One that lights lamps, especially a person hired to light and extinguish gaslit streetlights.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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