gas lightern.1
/ˈɡas ˌlʌɪtə/, U.S. /ˈɡæs ˌlaɪdər/ 1. A person employed to light and extinguish gas-fuelled street lights; = gasman n. 2. Cf. lamplighter n. 1. Now historical and rare.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [noun] > gaslight or lamp > man who lights gas streetlights
lamplighter1752
gas lighter1826
gasman1830
1826 Liverpool Mercury 8 Sept. 75/3 I am in continual apprehension of being bereft of life by the gas lighters, who run along the parapets of the streets at their utmost speed, with their ladders placed upon their shoulders.
1848 Satirist 2 Dec. 524/2 (heading) The philosophy of light, intended for the use of the children of rushlight makers, candle makers, lamp-lighters, and gas-lighters.
1885 Labor in Europe 1510 Gas-lighters take turns in extinguishing one-half the lamps at midnight and the other half at daybreak.
2005 R. Brandi San Francisco's West Portal Neighborhoods 91 One of the gas lighters, Angelo Celestre, found work killing the many gophers that were attracted to the newly created lawns and plantings.
2. A device for igniting gas.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > mechanical device
fire stickc1300
flint-mill1757
fire piston1846
gas poker1855
gas lighter1856
fire drill1861
fire-churn1863
lighter1875
hand drill1891
fire-plough1893
electric wand1898
wax jack1937
1856 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1855: Arts & Manuf. I. 514 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (34th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 12) VI Improved Gas-Lighter.
1882 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 5 May 666/2 A small electrophorus is so mounted that it can be conveniently used as a portable gas-lighter.
1911 Pop. Mech. Mar. 437/2 The electric gas-lighters now on the market are generally high-priced.
1976 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 18 Jan. h8/6 Large den with fireplace and gas lighter.
2010 Guardian (Nexis) 13 Mar. 72 I've had a wonderful Probe kitchen gas lighter for years that I've accidentally damaged almost beyond repair.
3. A cigarette lighter in which the combustion of gas is used to produce a flame.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked > cigarette > lighter
cigar-lighter1874
lighter1895
cigarette lighter1915
petrol lighter1918
Ronson1929
Zippo1944
gas lighter1956
1956 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 30 May 5/4 (advt.) Viking gas lighter... This is the perfect lighter for cigar, cigarette or pipe smokers.
1966 J. B. Priestley Salt is Leaving iii. 45 He..lit his pipe again, using what seemed to be an outsize gas lighter.
1997 Business Wire (Nexis) 21 Jan. An electronic cigarette lighter that uses no gas and no flame... The design of the product offers many distinct advantages over traditional gas lighters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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