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pipe-light

pipe-light noun: a piece of screwed-up paper used for lighting a pipe for smoking.

Noun

pipe-light (plural pipe-lights)

  1. A piece of screwed-up paper used for lighting a pipe for smoking.
    • Dozens of empty bottles clinked together in corners to the rolling of the ship. One of the doctor’s medical books lay open on the table, half of the leaves gutted out, I suppose, for pipe-lights.1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC

Forms of pipe-light

pluralpipe-lights

Questions about pipe-light

What does pipe-light mean?
Pipe-light means a piece of screwed-up paper used for lighting a pipe for smoking.
What part of speech is pipe-light?
Pipe-light is a noun.
What is the plural of pipe-light?
The plural of pipe-light is pipe-lights.

Words near pipe-light in the dictionary

  1. pipe-hawk
  2. pipe-hitter
  3. pipe-hitters
  4. pipe-layer
  5. pipe-layers
  6. pipe-light
  7. pipe-opener
  8. pipe-openers
  9. pipe-staple
  10. pipe-staples
  11. pipe-stapple

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