Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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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Examples
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The bright flame of the slush-lamp caught its eye.
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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
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Belden pricked up the slush-lamp, surveyed the inside of the case critically, and swearing admiringly to himself, handed it over to Louis Savoy.
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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
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For a long while the slush-lamp shadows played tragedies upon the wall.
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Belden pricked up the slush-lamp, surveyed the inside of the case critically, and swearing admiringly to himself, handed it over to Louis Savoy.
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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
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The slush-lamp I find spilt over most everything, but I have a candle in my pocket.
CHAPTER 26 2010
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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
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Malemute Kid pricked up the slush-lamp, and placed it so its light might fall upon the face of the narrator.
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