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table lighter

table lighter noun: a lighter for cigarettes, etc., often ornately decorated, designed to be kept or placed on a table.

Noun

table lighter (plural table lighters)

  1. A lighter for cigarettes, etc., often ornately decorated, designed to be kept or placed on a table.
    • Smoke rose high - cigarette and golden table-lighters brought round by undeferential white-coated flunkeys - but there was nothing to drink except orange crush - officially.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 292

Forms of table lighter

pluraltable lighters

Questions about table lighter

What does table lighter mean?
Table lighter means a lighter for cigarettes, etc., often ornately decorated, designed to be kept or placed on a table.
What part of speech is table lighter?
Table lighter is a noun.
What is the plural of table lighter?
The plural of table lighter is table lighters.

Words near table lighter in the dictionary

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  9. table linens
  10. table manners
  11. table mat

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