hurricane lamp

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hurricane lamp (plural hurricane lamps)

  1. A kerosene lantern.
    Synonym: storm lantern
    • 1946 July and August, “Notes and News: "Medloc" Route, Toulon to Dieppe”, in Railway Magazine, page 250:
      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.

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