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单词 lamper
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lampern.

/ˈlampə/
Etymology: < lamp n.1 + -er suffix1.
U.S. colloquial.
(See quot. 1886.)
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > one in charge of
lamp-man1876
lamper1886
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Sept. 12/1 In Philadelphia, women make a good living as professional ‘lampers’. They contract to call each day, and trim and keep in perfect order the lamps of the household.

Draft additions 1997

2. One who engages in lamping ( Additions 2).
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the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > hunting with lights > one who engages in lamping
jacklighter1901
lamper1985
1985 BBC Wildlife July 326/2 The lampers had split up, though still within contact distance (working two men and a dog to a beam)... A lamper well to my rear caught her [sc. a vixen] in his light.
1991 Working Terrier Feb. 4/2 The Mansfield & Ashfield Recorder..printed a front page editorial..which again carried a police officer being quoted as saying ‘diggers and lampers should not be approached as they are just as likely to hit you over the head with a spade as hit an animal’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

lamperv.

/ˈlampə/
Etymology: ? frequentative of lamp v.2; see -er suffix3.
dialect.
intransitive. (See quot. 1895.)
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > with long steps
stridec1200
lamper1727
striddle1786
stroam1796
sling1808
stag1823
1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Hart Now there are three ways to know when a Hart is spent. 1. He will run stiff, high and lampering.
1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia To lamper along, to take big strides.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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