| 单词 | slut lamp |
| 释义 | > as lemmasslut lamp a. A rudimentary candle or lamp made from a piece of rag dipped in lard or fat. Also as a modifier, as in slut lamp, etc. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > made from animal fat > made from a rag dipped in fat slut1609 1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie x. sig. K6 This match is to be made of a linen rag, and dipt in melted brimstone, after the manner that maides make sluts. 1852 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 363 Writing by the light of what Irish Jenny called ‘sluts’—twisted rags, dipped in lard, and stuck in a bottle. 1886 L. M'Louth in Library Mag. Aug. (1887) 64 Sometimes..there were for additional light, lard ‘sluts’, or tallow ‘dips’. 1929 A. Ellis Life Ordinary Woman (1999) 103 Mama would fill a bowl with melted grease, then braid or twist pieces of rag, putting one end in the grease, lighting the other, and thus making a very good light. She called it a ‘slut’. 1964 J. Mebane Treasure at Home xix. 145 Of all the types of lamps used in early pioneer homes to burn fat and grease, the slut lamp is probably the earliest. < as lemmas |
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