the Lady of the Lamp
/ðə ˌleɪdi əv ðə ˈlæmp/
/ðə ˌleɪdi əv ðə ˈlæmp/
- 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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