"Maglite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Maglites [plural]
Etymology: Maglica (“the company founder's surname”) + light Head templates: {{en-noun}} Maglite (plural Maglites)
  1. A kind of flashlight with a variable-focus beam.
    Sense id: en-Maglite-en-noun-5bhy4hWm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2006, Lindsay McKenna, Sisters of the Ark Trilogy, page 153:",
          "text": "Had the guards seen the flash of their Maglites in the office? It didn't matter. What did matter was getting the hell out of here in one piece.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Paul Sussman, The Last Secret Of The Temple, page 622:",
          "text": "They tested it with their feet, gingerly, making sure the wood wasn't rotten, then stepped onto it and shone their Maglites out into the void.",
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        {
          "ref": "2010, Greg Haas with Robert Loss, The Butcher's Thumb, page 150:",
          "text": "They unloaded what luggage she'd not bothered to unpack at her apartment in Old Town, and, taking a Maglite from the cabin, treaded down the backside of the hill, Kris bundling the fresh set of clothes Matt had brought for her.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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