| 单词 | pipe lighter |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspipe lighter pipe lighter n. a twisted or folded strip of paper, or a mechanical device, used for lighting a pipe; an attendant who lights a pipe. ΚΠ 1739 Act 12 Geo. II c. 26 §6 Nothing in this act..shall extend to..thimbles, corral sockets and bells, ferrils, pipe lighters, cranes for bottles, etc. 1868 Overland Monthly July 70/2 The chiefs [in Hawaii] had generally permanent establishments of their own, and held in menial service as officers of the household, ‘purloiners’, ‘assassins’,..‘spittoon carriers’, and ‘pipe lighters’. 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 57 Each man had with him one of those tinder pipe-lighters which are ignited by the sparks of a little twirled wheel. 2002 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 29 June b6 The late columnist Charles Lynch used to write about using his pipe lighter to re-ignite the flame when it went out in a windstorm. < as lemmas |
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