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I have all the North American maps on my cell phone, with a cigarette-lighter charger and a stick-on bracket for the front screen.
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The cigarette-lighter outlet for charging your cell phone, iPod, or other device with such charging capability could come in handy.
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Consider the cigarette-lighter industry in Wenzhou, an eastern Chinese city known for small, privately owned manufacturers.
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He has the Johnson Wax Building in Racine, Wis., in a metal cigarette-lighter version from the 1930s that stands 5.74 inches high and in a candle-wax replica that is 12 inches tall.
Empire Builder: Howie Gelbtuch Is Donald Trump Writ Small 2010
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The cigarette-lighter outlet for charging your cell phone, iPod, or other device with such charging capability could come in handy.
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I have all the North American maps on my cell phone, with a cigarette-lighter charger and a stick-on bracket for the front screen.
May 2008 2008
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Better to just charge a battery through the cigarette-lighter. sam said on February 20th, 2008 at 4: 00 am
People Powered Energy: Portable Wind Turbine and Power Bank 2007
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But when Harry Rosin, director of a research institute in Dortmund, set out with his colleagues to build an ozone-friendly cold-storage room, he mixed propane (better known for fueling gas barbecues) with butane (cigarette-lighter fuel).
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By plugging the cigarette-lighter end of the cable into the cigarette-lighter socket and turning the ignition on, I had dash lights!
Tales From Travelers 2008
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Whenever there is a lull in the fighting, Besnik dashes outside, along with a mix of civilians and NLA fighters, to recharge their phones from car batteries or cigarette-lighter sockets.
Mobile Macedonia 2007
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