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lamp-irons

lamp-irons is the plural of lamp-iron.

Meaning of lamp-iron

Noun

lamp-iron (plural lamp-irons)

  1. A piece of iron projecting upwards on which a lamp can be hung.
    • One or two lines (the G.N.R. and the L.D. & E.C.R., for example) had two lamp-irons, one above the other, on the chimney, and the Midland and the North Staffordshire achieved the same effect by placing the secomd iron a short way down on the smokebox door.1945 March and April, J. T. Howard Turner, T. S. Lascelles, “Former Head-Code Complications—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 75

Questions about lamp-irons

What is lamp-irons the plural of?
Lamp-irons is the plural of lamp-iron.

Words near lamp-irons in the dictionary

  1. lamp shells
  2. lamp-black
  3. lamp-bulb
  4. lamp-bulbs
  5. lamp-iron
  6. lamp-irons
  7. lamp-oil
  8. lamp-oils
  9. lamp-post
  10. lamp-posts
  11. lamp-shade

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