argand lamp

English

Noun

argand lamp (plural argand lamps)

Alternative letter-case form of Argand lamp
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 20:
  […] and Emily arrived in inglorious safety among the argand lamps and rosewood tables in Mr. Delawarr's drawing-room […]

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