lamp trimmer

a sailor responsible for keeping the oil lamps of a ship burning brightly, especially the deck and navigation lamps.

Origin of lamp trimmer

First recorded in 1880–85

lamprophony, lamprophyre, lampshade, lamp shell, lamp standard, lamp trimmer, lampworking, lampyrid, lamster, Lamus, Lamut

Here, as I conjectured, I found old Greazer, our lamp-trimmer.
The Ghost Ship|John C. Hutcheson
We could thus, at any rate, say that we had our lamps burning, and throw the blame of their condition upon the lamp-trimmer.
Gun running for Casement in the Easter rebellion, 1916|Karl Spindler
The grotesque and massive aspect of that deck hand (I suppose he was that—very likely the lamp-trimmer) surprised me very much.
A Personal Record|Joseph Conrad
Run forwards and see what that lazy lubber of a lamp-trimmer is about.
The Ghost Ship|John C. Hutcheson

单词	lamp trimmer
释义	lamp trimmer noun a sailor responsible for keeping the oil lamps of a ship burning brightly, especially the deck and navigation lamps. Origin of lamp trimmer First recorded in 1880–85 Words nearby lamp trimmer lamprophony, lamprophyre, lampshade, lamp shell, lamp standard, lamp trimmer, lampworking, lampyrid, lamster, Lamus, Lamut Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lamp trimmer Here, as I conjectured, I found old Greazer, our lamp-trimmer. The Ghost Ship\|John C. Hutcheson We could thus, at any rate, say that we had our lamps burning, and throw the blame of their condition upon the lamp-trimmer. Gun running for Casement in the Easter rebellion, 1916\|Karl Spindler The grotesque and massive aspect of that deck hand (I suppose he was that—very likely the lamp-trimmer) surprised me very much. A Personal Record\|Joseph Conrad Run forwards and see what that lazy lubber of a lamp-trimmer is about. The Ghost Ship\|John C. Hutcheson
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