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handlamps

handlamps is the plural 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

Questions about handlamps

What is handlamps the plural of?
Handlamps is the plural of handlamp.

Words near handlamps in the dictionary

  1. handknitted
  2. handknitting
  3. handlable
  4. handlaid
  5. handlamp
  6. handlamps
  7. handlanger
  8. handlangers
  9. handle
  10. handle oneself
  11. handle time

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