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lamplighter

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lamp·light·er  (lmpltr)
n.
One that lights lamps, especially a person hired to light and extinguish gaslit streetlights.
lamplighter [ˈlæmpˌlaɪtə]
n
1. (Business / Professions) (formerly) a person who lit and extinguished street lamps, esp gas ones
2. Chiefly US and Canadian any of various devices used to light lamps
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.lamplighterlamplighter - (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights
worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"
Translations
lamplighter [ˈlæmpˌlaɪtəʳ] N (Hist) → farolero m


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Across the streets, at wide intervals, one clumsy lamp was slung by a rope and pulley; at night, when the lamplighter had let these down, and lighted, and hoisted them again, a feeble grove of dim wicks swung in a sickly manner overhead, as if they were at sea.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
Now and then a drowsy watchman's footsteps sounded on the pavement, or the lamplighter on his rounds went flashing past, leaving behind a little track of smoke mingled with glowing morsels of his hot red link.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
The very lamplighter, who ran on before, dotting the dusky street with specks of light, and who was dressed to spend the evening somewhere, laughed out loudly as the Spirit passed, though little kenned the lamplighter that he had any company but Christmas.
A Christmas Carol by Dickens, Charles View in context
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