Examples of lamplighter in a Sentence
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The reminiscences divulged incidents from Mr. March’s early life from the days of back yard play to official lamplighter for the city.
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
When electric bulbs were introduced, the lamplighters kept their jobs because each streetlight had to be switched on individually.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 19 May 2024
But there’s reason to wonder whether his profession—like that of lamplighters, town criers, and cigarette girls—might be a thing of the past.
—Andrew O’Hagan, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Minnesota put a scare in Dallas at the end of the period with a power-play lamplighter and another apparent goal 30 seconds later.
—Peter Warren, Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2023
The lighting of a 26-foot-tall menorah at downtown Detroit's Campus Martius Park will feature Motor City Cruise player Ryan Turell as lamplighter.
—Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 15 Dec. 2022
While at worship, the lamplighter came by and lit the candles in the chandeliers and in so doing set them swinging.
—Tribune News Service, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2021
Or maybe 2019 is the year Lin-Manuel Miranda achieves his EGOT (he's already won three Tonys, three Grammys and one Emmy) playing a charismatic lamplighter in Mary Poppins Returns.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2018
Lin-Manuel Miranda, who plays a London lamplighter named Jack, also made the cut.
—Peggy Truong, Cosmopolitan, 5 Mar. 2018
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
When electric bulbs were introduced, the lamplighters kept their jobs because each streetlight had to be switched on individually.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 19 May 2024
But there’s reason to wonder whether his profession—like that of lamplighters, town criers, and cigarette girls—might be a thing of the past.
—Andrew O’Hagan, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Minnesota put a scare in Dallas at the end of the period with a power-play lamplighter and another apparent goal 30 seconds later.
—Peter Warren, Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2023
The lighting of a 26-foot-tall menorah at downtown Detroit's Campus Martius Park will feature Motor City Cruise player Ryan Turell as lamplighter.
—Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 15 Dec. 2022
While at worship, the lamplighter came by and lit the candles in the chandeliers and in so doing set them swinging.
—Tribune News Service, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2021
Or maybe 2019 is the year Lin-Manuel Miranda achieves his EGOT (he's already won three Tonys, three Grammys and one Emmy) playing a charismatic lamplighter in Mary Poppins Returns.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2018
Lin-Manuel Miranda, who plays a London lamplighter named Jack, also made the cut.
—Peggy Truong, Cosmopolitan, 5 Mar. 2018
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“Lamplighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lamplighter. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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lamplighter
noun
lamp·light·er
ˈlam-ˌplīt-ər 
: one that lights a lamp
especially
: a person employed to light gas streetlights
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