Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lamp intended for use with a piauo: usually one with a firm tripod or other base and an adjustable standard by which it can be raised or lowered.
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Examples
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(Two out of every three houses in Floral Heights had before the fireplace a davenport, a mahogany table real or imitation, and a piano-lamp or a reading-lamp with a shade of yellow or rose silk.)
Babbit 2004
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He tucked the book under his arm, he clumped down-stairs and solemnly began to read, under the piano-lamp:
Babbit 2004
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A blue velvet davenport faced the fireplace, and behind it was a cherrywood table and a tall piano-lamp with a shade of golden silk.
Babbit 2004
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Against the wall was a piano, with another piano-lamp, but no one used it save Tinka.
Babbit 2004
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"See the piano, and the red sofa and chairs, and the tall piano-lamp with its red shade."
The Book of Stories for the Story-teller Fanny E. Coe
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In a foaming sort of silence, Mannie Kantor smiled softly from his chair beneath the pink-and-gold shade of the piano-lamp.
Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Fannie Hurst 1928
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He tucked the book under his arm, he clumped down-stairs and solemnly began to read, under the piano-lamp:
Babbitt 1922
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Against the wall was a piano, with another piano-lamp, but no one used it save Tinka.
Babbitt 1922
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A blue velvet davenport faced the fireplace, and behind it was a cherrywood table and a tall piano-lamp with a shade of golden silk.
Babbitt 1922
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He tucked the book under his arm, he clumped down-stairs and solemnly began to read, under the piano-lamp: 5
Chapter 23 1922
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