Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LAMP'A-DROME
LAMP'A-DROME, n. [Gr. λαμπας, and δρομος.]
In Athens, a race by young men, with lamps in their hands. The one who arrived at the goal first, with his lamp unextinguished, gained the prize. – Elmes.
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