Booklight

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small clip-on light, usually battery-powered, used for reading books in the dark

    "After lights-out, I clipped the booklight to the cover and continued reading."

Example

More examples

"My booklight broke, I sent off for one from EBay, because it's not the kind of thing it's easy to find locally."

Etymology

From book + light.

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