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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a street- or tram-car, a box with a glazed door placed inside an end window to receive a lamp.
- noun In Great Britain, a cylindrical sheet of iron serving to protect the roof-lamp of a railway-carriage.
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bilby commented on the word lamp-case
Are you collecting these ruzuzu?
August 26, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word lamp-case
No, but I'll take this as the signal to start.
August 26, 2022
bilby commented on the word lamp-case
Goodness me, I have just right list for this word then.
August 27, 2022