LAMPLIGHTER

Lamplighter

A lamplighter, historically, was an employee of a town who lit street lights. Lights were lit each evening, generally by means of a wick on a long pole. At dawn, they would return to put them out using a small hook on the same pole. Early street lights were generally candles, oil, and similar consumable liquid or solid lighting sources with wicks.

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lamplighter

Noun

  1. A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn.


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