hurricane lamp

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hurricane lamp

noun hurricane lamps

A kerosene lantern. I glanced around at the iron and bark walls decorated with spears and ochred totem-sticks, at the bare floor of hard earth, at the hurricane lamp dimly glowing upon rough, bush-made furniture.
Similar: storm lantern, hurricane lantern, tornado lamp, tornado lantern

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noun kerosene lantern

Français	lampe-tempête
Tiếng Việt	đèn bão

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@misc{hurricane_lamp_2026,
  title = {hurricane lamp},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hurricane%20lamp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}