Meaning of hurricane lamp | Babel Free

Definitions

A kerosene lantern.

Equivalents

Examples

“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?””

“Patrick had risen early. As he lit the hurricane lamp he watched as it threw a wash of soft light through the window, illuminating the handrail on the porch beyond which nothing was visible.”

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