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Tilley lamp|ˈtɪlɪ læmp|
Also (erron.) Tilly lamp, and with small initial.
[f. the name of the manufacturing company.]
The proprietary name of a type of portable oil or paraffin lamp in which air pressure is used to supply the burner with fuel. Also ellipt. as Tilley.
1932R. F. Fortune Sorcerers of Dobu iv. 181 My great shadow cast..by my Tilley lamp. 1948Trade Marks Jrnl. 17 Mar. 201/2 Tilley... Lighting and heating lamps employing liquid fuel. The Tilley Lamp Company Limited,..Brent Works, Brent Street, Hendon, London, N.W.4; manufacturers. 1953G. M. Durrell Overloaded Ark vi. 115, I left the Tilly lamp in the middle of the swaying hypnotised circle. 1960A. Wesker I'm talking about Jerusalem i. 23 Light the tilly lamp for me. 1966Guardian 22 Dec. 5 Get that ‘Tilley’ goin', Gary. 1981J. B. Hilton Surrender Value v. 42 Men filed out with Tilley-lamps, wicker baskets and rod-bags. |