Lamplighter
[læmplaitә]
Definition
(noun.) (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights.
Inputed by Carlo--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps.
(n.) The calico bass.
Typed by Allan
Examples
- The lawyer turns, leans his arms on the iron railing at the top of the steps, and looks at the lamplighter lighting the court-yard. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Twilight comes on; gas begins to start up in the shops; the lamplighter, with his ladder, runs along the margin of the pavement. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Edited by Charlene