Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
lampas .
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- noun See
lampas .
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- noun Alternative form of
lampas .
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Examples
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Page 69 could bleed horses, remove lampers from their months and administer medicine to them.
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"That's what they all say, and I know they are lampers."
The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton John Burroughs 1879
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"The lampers do not all die," said Denny, "because they do not all spawn;" and I observed that the dead ones were all of one size and doubtless of the same age.
The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton John Burroughs 1879
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He passed away at his home in Chicago at last in poverty while waiting for a pension applied for on the grounds of founder and lampers brought on by eating too heartily after the battle and while warm, but in the line of duty.
Comic History of the United States Bill Nye 1873
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He was a farrier as well as an ostler; he could bleed, remove lampers from the mouths of the horses, and was well instructed in horse medicines.
My Bondage and My Freedom Frederick Douglass 1856
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He was a farrier as well as an ostler; he could bleed, remove lampers from the mouths of the horses, and was well instructed in horse medicines.
My Bondage and My Freedom. By Frederick Douglass. With and Introduction. By James M`Cune Smith. 1855
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He was a farrier as well as an ostler; he could bleed, remove lampers from the mouths of the horses, and was well instructed in horse medicines.
My Bondage and My Freedom. Part I.--Life as a Slave. Part II.--Life as a Freeman 1850
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