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
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
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
They watched me fit an electric miner’s lamp over my head.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
