"tubelight" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "tube + light. The \"dim-witted person\" sense arises from their flickering as well as the length of time it takes for one to light up completely after being switched on.",
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        {
          "ref": "2009, A. Subramanyam, Electronics Projects, volume 7, New Delhi: EFY Group, page 55",
          "text": "Tubelights can be very troublesome at times. They flicker on and on but refuse to glow.",
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          "ref": "2021 April 4, “Here’s why Gwyneth Paltrow’s application of sunscreen in a recent video is highly misleading”, in The Indian Express",
          "text": "\"Sunscreens protect you from UVA/UVB rays which can be emitted from many sources of light such as the sun, your tubelight and devices,\" Dr Khan said, adding that using sunscreen once a day is the bare minimum you can do for your skin.",
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        "(chiefly India, South Asia) A fluorescent lighting tube."
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          "ref": "2020 February 7, “Tubelight and other insults”, in Deccan Herald",
          "text": "And Modiji, also being Snarkyji, described Rahulji as a tubelight because Rahulji had interjected only a good 40 minutes after Modiji had launched into his Parliamentary speech.",
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        "a dim-witted person; someone who is slow to understand or reply."
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        "(chiefly India, slang) a dim-witted person; someone who is slow to understand or reply."
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