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

Each Dynamo player was presented with a commemorative miner's lamp, one of which remains on display in the Moscow club's museum.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2020

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

From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2020

He gave me one to put on; it looked like a dorky version of a miner’s lamp.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 22, 2018

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