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Auerstrumpf
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German
Noun
m Auerstrümpfe
de now rare historical gas mantle
de 1955 Kurt Guggenheim de Alles in Allem 28 Th. Gut Verlag 2018 Dort glühten schon die Auerstrümpfe in den gläsernen Lüstern, obgleich es unter den Linden der Bahnhofstraße kaum zu blauen begann. There, the gas mantles were already glowing in their glass chandeliers, although it was barely beginning to get dark under the linden trees of Bahnhofstrasse.
Synonyms
de Glühstrumpf