Lighter

Definitions

1. A person who lights things.
2. A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).
3. A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.

Equivalents

Examples

“a lighter of lamps”

“Cigarette in mouth, he clutched his pockets in search⟳ of a lighter.”

“It is, of course, possible to work⟳ only to or from lighters in this way, and such working is not very general in this country, although a certain amount of such overside work⟳ is carried on in enclosed docks.”

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