What is Paraffin Lamp?
1.
cockney rhyming slang for tramp
shut up u fuckin paraffin lamp
2.
Normally one who chooses to live outside society's boundaries. Scavengers and beggars. Unwashed and unkempt, sleeping rough.
"Look at that dirty old 'paraffin lamp' sleeping in that doorway!!"
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A mild oath. Roughly equivalent to saying "Jesus Christ" as an oath, but less severe, and used so as not to get stricken down ..
