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hand-lamp

hand-lamp is the alternative form of handlamp.

Meaning of handlamp

Noun

handlamp (plural handlamps)

  1. A small lamp carried in the hand.
    • The operator went out on to the platform with his handlamp and waved it in the traditional "wash-out" signal across the body. The engineer had been expecting this and responded at once with an acknowledging honk on the horn before bringing this huge, 16-car train gently to a stand at the platform.1961 July, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States:Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 424

Forms of hand-lamp

pluralhand-lamps

Questions about hand-lamp

What is hand-lamp the alternative form of?
Hand-lamp is the alternative form of handlamp.

Words near hand-lamp in the dictionary

  1. hand-knit
  2. hand-knits
  3. hand-knitted
  4. hand-knitting
  5. hand-laid
  6. hand-lamp
  7. hand-lamps
  8. hand-lance
  9. hand-lances
  10. hand-made
  11. hand-madeness

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