lamp-post


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lamp

(lӕmp) noun
a (glass-covered) light. an oil-lamp; a table lamp; a street-lamp. lamp مِصْباح лампа lâmpada lampa die Lampe lampe; -lampe λάμπα, γλόμπος lámpara lamp چراغ lamppu lampe מנורה चिराग, दीपक, बत्ती svjetiljka lámpa lampu lampi; götuljós lampada; lampione ランプ 등잔, 램프 lempa, žibintas lampa lampu lamp lampe, lykt lampa څراغ candeeiro lampă, felinar лампа; фонарь lampa svetilka lampa lampa, lykta โคมไฟ lâmba 燈 лампа, ліхтар روشنی دینے والا آلہ، چراغ وغیرہ bóng đèn 灯
ˈlamp-post noun
the pillar supporting a street-lamp. straatlamp عَمود إنارَه стълб на лампа poste de iluminação kandelábr der Laternenpfahl lygtepæl φανοστάτης, στύλος του ηλεκτρικού farola laternapost تیر چراغ برق lyhtypylväs réverbère פָּנַס רְחוֹב लैंपपोस्ट rasvjetni stup lámpaoszlop tiang lampu ljósastaur lampione 街灯柱 가로등의 기둥 žibinto stulpas apgaismes stabs tiang lampu lantarenpaal lyktestolpe, lysmast słup latarni برقى څراغونه د سړك په غاړه poste de iluminação (stâlp de) felinar фонарный столб kandeláber ulični svetilnik bandera lyktstolpe เสาไฟ elektrik direği 路燈柱 ліхтарний стовп بجلی کا کھمبا cột đèn 路灯柱
ˈlampshade noun
a cover for a light-bulb, made of eg cloth, paper or metal, which lessens, softens or directs the light coming from it. lampkap شَمْسِيَّة مِصْباح абажур quebra-luz stínidlo der Lampenschirm lampeskærm αμπαζούρ pantalla lambivari آباژور varjostin abat-jour אהיל दीप छत zaslon lámpaernyő kap lampu lampaskermur paralume ランプのかさ 램프의 갓 lempos gaubtas abažūrs terendak lampu lampenkap lampeskjerm abażur قنديل،د ګروپ له پاره ښكلې پوښ quebra-luz aba­jur абажур tienidlo senčnik abažur lampskärm โคม abajur 燈罩 абажур لیمپ کا ہنڈا chụp đèn 灯罩
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He cast strange eyes upon Rodney, as they encountered each other beneath a lamp-post.
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They were very wrathful with him (for he had wounded two men), and even called out to those in front, to bring him forth and hang him on a lamp-post. But Gabriel was quite undaunted, and looked from Hugh and Dennis, who held him by either arm, to Simon Tappertit, who confronted him.
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The pony ran off at a sharp angle to inspect a lamp-post on the opposite side of the way, and then went off at a tangent to another lamp-post on the other side.
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raw beef-steak for the gentleman's eye--nothing like raw beef-steak for a bruise, sir; cold lamp-post very good, but lamp-post inconvenient--damned odd standing in the open street half an hour, with your eye against a lamp-post--eh,--very good-- ha!
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I lunged gayly with my stick at a lamp-post and missed it, whereat a street-urchin grinned, and I winked at him and slipped twopence down his back.
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If it was dreary in a hundred bleak offices and yawning drawing-rooms, it was drearier still along the edges of the flat Essex coast, where the monotony was the more inhuman for being broken at very long intervals by a lamp-post that looked less civilized than a tree, or a tree that looked more ugly than a lamp-post.
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I think I saw a white whisker as he turned under the lamp-post. It is a shock to think that in the natural course of nature he must be dead by now.
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It proved to be only a lamp-post, and they beat in farther from the edge of the pavement.
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At this juncture Lord Dawlish walked into a lamp-post.
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There's a constable stuck by every lamp-post, and every second person we meet between this and Palace Yard is an obvious `tec.' It will get on his nerves presently.
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He glanced at the fellow as they passed a lamp-post.
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Once, when a boy was rattling a piece of chain against a lamp-post she had opened the window and looked out.
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