slush-lamp

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noun A lamp made from an old tin can and with a rag as a wick, and filled with slush or refuse fat: used in the Australian bush, and by explorers in the Arctic regions, etc.

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The bright flame of the slush-lamp caught its eye.

An Odyssey of the North 2010
So, by the light of the wildly swinging slush-lamp, to the tumult on deck and to cries of "She's sinking!"

Chapter 19 2010
Belden pricked up the slush-lamp, surveyed the inside of the case critically, and swearing admiringly to himself, handed it over to Louis Savoy.

To The Man on the Trail 2010
So, by the light of the wildly swinging slush-lamp, to the tumult on deck and to cries of "She's sinking!"

Chapter 19 2010
For a long while the slush-lamp shadows played tragedies upon the wall.

An Odyssey of the North 2010
Belden pricked up the slush-lamp, surveyed the inside of the case critically, and swearing admiringly to himself, handed it over to Louis Savoy.

TO THE MAN ON THE TRAIL 2010
One morning when it was his turn to cook the common breakfast, Weatherbee rolled out of his blankets, and to the snoring of his companion, lighted first the slush-lamp and then the fire.

In a Far Country 2010
The slush-lamp I find spilt over most everything, but I have a candle in my pocket.

CHAPTER 26 2010
Through mutual fear they tacitly let the slush-lamp burn all night, and saw to a plentiful supply of bacon-grease before retiring.

In a Far Country 2010
Malemute Kid pricked up the slush-lamp, and placed it so its light might fall upon the face of the narrator.

An Odyssey of the North 2010