Tilley lampn.

/ˈtɪli lamp/

Forms: Also (nonstandard) Tilly lamp, and with lower-case initial.

Etymology: < 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 elliptical as Tilley.

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1932 R. F. Fortune Sorcerers of Dobu iv. 181 My great shadow cast..by my Tilley lamp.

1948 Trade 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.

1953 G. Durrell Overloaded Ark vi. 115 I left the Tilly lamp in the middle of the swaying hypnotised circle.

1960 A. Wesker I'm talking about Jerusalem i. 23 Light the tilly lamp for me.

1966 Guardian 22 Dec. 5 Get that ‘Tilley’ goin', Gary.

1981 J. B. Hilton Surrender Value v. 42 Men filed out with Tilley-lamps, wicker baskets and rod-bags.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	tilley lamp
释义	Tilley lampn. /ˈtɪli lamp/ Forms: Also (nonstandard) Tilly lamp, and with lower-case initial. Etymology: < 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 elliptical as Tilley. ΘΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [noun] > oil-lamp > pressure lamp > specific primus1893 petromax1929 Tilley1932 1932 R. F. Fortune Sorcerers of Dobu iv. 181 My great shadow cast..by my Tilley lamp. 1948 Trade 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. 1953 G. Durrell Overloaded Ark vi. 115 I left the Tilly lamp in the middle of the swaying hypnotised circle. 1960 A. Wesker I'm talking about Jerusalem i. 23 Light the tilly lamp for me. 1966 Guardian 22 Dec. 5 Get that ‘Tilley’ goin', Gary. 1981 J. B. Hilton Surrender Value v. 42 Men filed out with Tilley-lamps, wicker baskets and rod-bags. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1932
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