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Examples
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Next instant the flash of his pocket-lamp illumined the dark boat below him.
The Voice on the Wire Eustace Hale Ball
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Dr. Cairn at every five yards or so would stop, and, with the pocket-lamp which he carried, would examine the sandy floor and the crevices between the huge blocks composing the passage, in quest of those faint tracks which warn the traveller that a serpent has recently passed that way.
Brood of the Witch-Queen Sax Rohmer 1921
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Deeply mystified, I did so ... and my friend tossed a little electric pocket-lamp on to the writing-table.
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu Sax Rohmer 1921
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I directed the ray of the pocket-lamp upon the floor, and there at my feet was a square wooden trap.
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu Sax Rohmer 1921
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Our plans had been well considered, and in accordance with these, I now moved up beside my friend, who was dimly perceptible to me in the starlight which found access through the glass roof, and pressed the catch of my electric pocket-lamp ...
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu Sax Rohmer 1921
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"Was it like a candle, or a pocket-lamp?" jerked Dr. Cairn.
Brood of the Witch-Queen Sax Rohmer 1921
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I stooped over the Chinaman (for a Chinaman it was) who lay at my feet, and directed the ray of my pocket-lamp upon his yellow and contorted countenance.
Tales of Chinatown Sax Rohmer 1921
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An electric pocket-lamp served him with sufficient light to find his way out into the lane, and very shortly he was proceeding along
The Yellow Claw Sax Rohmer 1921
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Bristol directed the light of a pocket-lamp upon the hunched-up figure which lay in the dust, and I saw it to be that of a dwarfish creature, yellow skinned and wearing only a dark loin cloth.
The Quest of the Sacred Slipper Sax Rohmer 1921
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Like Kerry, he always carried an electric pocket-lamp, and now he directed its rays into the interior of the building.
Dope Sax Rohmer 1921
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