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Definition of the Lady of the Lamp from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the Lady of the Lamp

/ðə ˌleɪdi əv ðə ˈlæmp/

/ðə ˌleɪdi əv ðə ˈlæmp/

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a name given to Florence Nightingale by wounded soldiers in the Crimean War, because she carried a lamp with her as she walked around the hospital where she worked

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