electric torch
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of electric torch
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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The term generational trauma may seem abstract to some, a cliché to others, but Choi makes it concrete, like Louisa’s red backpack or Serk’s electric torch.
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“Have you got an electric torch?”
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Got one of them to hold an electric torch for me while the other made a tent with his jacket to hide the light.
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He stuffed his waymarked map back through the opening in the bulkhead, followed by a pocket-size electric torch.
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Instead, he took the electric torch from the rucksack and switched it on.
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