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Definition of Pocket lighter
1. Noun. A lighter for cigars or cigarettes.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pocket Lighter
Literary usage of Pocket lighter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Visual Function: An Introduction to Information Design by Paul Mijksenaar (1997)
"Example l Matches are tricky to use in a car and a pocket lighter dangerous.
Car manufacturers have consequently come up with a ..."
2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1864)
"PS—If you will call on me when next you pass, or will make the visit for that
sole purpose, you shall not go away with your pocket lighter in consequence. ..."
3. The Heart of the Continent: A Record of Travel Across the Plains and in by Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1870)
"... a mind wiser by a revelation; a pocket lighter by ten dollars — exactly the
sum which he often used to read of in the police reports column of his ..."
4. The Musical World (1847)
"... sixpence having been already paid for moving the luggage from the station into
the omnibus), helps to make your pocket lighter, and your heart heavier. ..."
5. Eighteenth Century Studies: Essays by Francis Hitchman (1881)
"... and, on making up his accounts, with his pocket lighter by some three or four
thousand pounds. Returned to London, the first thing by which he was ..."
6. Eighteenth Century Studies: Essays by Francis Hitchman (1881)
"Nevertheless, when the poll closed, he found himself in a minority; and, on making
up his accounts, with his pocket lighter by some three or four thousand ..."
7. The White Road of Mystery: The Note-book of an American Ambulancier by Philip Dana Orcutt (1918)
"... man good-fellowship good luck communication trench stretcher-bearer pocket
lighter truck small truck first lieutenant ambulance driver anti-aircraft gun ..."
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