lamplightn.
/ˈlamplʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈlæmpˌlaɪt/ The light afforded by a lamp or lamps.
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1579 T. North tr. Demosthenes in Plutarch Lives (1595) 889 Pytheas..taunting him on a time, tolde him, his reasons smelled of the lampe. Yea, replied Demosthenes sharply againe: so is there great difference, Pytheas, betwixt thy labor and myne by lampelight.
1705 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft 46 Juglers play their Tricks..by Candle-light, or dim Lamp-light.
1822 Ld. Byron Werner iii. iii. 23 A distant lamp~light is an incident.
1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 397 We descended by lamp-light to a considerable depth.
1884 E. P. Roe Nature's Serial Story iii, in Harper's Mag. Feb. 457/1 Lamp-light and fire-light revealed a group.
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