Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A post or pillar, usually of iron, designed to support a street-lamp or other outdoor lamp.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
lamppost .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight)
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Examples
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Tirez sur le pianiste (Shoot the Pianist) (1960) also begins with a man running, before he collides with a lamp-post.
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Airparks had certainly gone the "extra mile", but, unfortunately, that involved a member of staff crashing the car into a lamp-post.
Airport parking: Holidaymaker returns to find his BMW written off Miles Brignall 2010
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The lamp-post had split, fallen and shattered across the road.
Ballardian » Ballardian/Savoy Microfiction competition winners 2010
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Taken during secret location filming, the footage shows Paul and Barry exhibiting their unparalleled genius for physical comedy as, handcuffed together, they collide with a lamp-post before swinging round and crashing into each other.
Archive 2009-01-01 Dungeekin 2009
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But the lamp-post stood, angled, grey and resolute, a soldier in a town that ignored it.
Ballardian » Ballardian/Savoy Microfiction competition winners 2010
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Senior Police officers use stats like a drunk uses a lamp-post.
Police Complaints – The Shocking Truth! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Reports suggested the hotel worker, who was last seen alive in the early hours of Saturday morning, had been tied to a lamp-post and set on fire.
Murder inquiry launched into roadside death of Ayrshire man 2011
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We have been told that the victim was tied to a lamp-post and then they tried to set him on fire.
Murder inquiry launched into roadside death of Ayrshire man 2011
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I strode to the window and in a dazed way stared at the lamp-post which was sticking out its flaming little tongue to the night.
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Taken during secret location filming, the footage shows Paul and Barry exhibiting their unparalleled genius for physical comedy as, handcuffed together, they collide with a lamp-post before swinging round and crashing into each other.
The Chuckle Brothers Hit Hollywood Dungeekin 2009
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