miner's lamp

Example Sentences

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I know that sort of store — it’s the sort where you wish, browsing, you had a miner’s lamp strapped to your forehead.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2022

He later recalled using a coal miner’s lamp to keep working after dark.

From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2020

News accounts also reported that an open miner’s lamp may have touched off a small gas explosion, which then ignited a larger coal-dust blast.

From Washington Times • Nov. 21, 2015

Ilasaca produced two hard hats and a miner’s lamp from a backpack, and we headed in.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 13, 2015

Ned shrugged, opening the lower chamber of his miner’s lamp and dropping in a small handful of little white cubes.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool