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"ref": "1999, Beverly DeJulio, HandyMa'am",
"text": "Run the cord up through the threaded rod, slide the harp holder over the rod at the top of the lamp base, and then screw on the socket cap.",
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"ref": "2004, Amy Tincher-Durik, Design on a Dime, page 103",
"text": "Available at hardware stores and home improvement centers, lamp kits typically include a threaded rod, washers, and a harp holder.",
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"ref": "2018, Derek B. Miller, American By Day, page 96",
"text": "The distress it causes her, however, releases a minute drip of adrenaline that permits her to lean over to the bedside table, work her right hand up the tapered base of the lamp, around the harp holder, and find the switch on the socket.",
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"A wire framework that surrounds a lightbulb which fits into a socket at its base and which is topped by a finial for holding a lampshade."
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"ref": "1902, Youth's Companion - Volume 77, page 521",
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"ref": "1998, Adam Gussow, Mister Satan's Apprentice: A Blues Memoir, page 35",
"text": "I'd heave my cooler of Italians, turkeys, and roast beefs from entryway to entryway, stick my head in, shout \"Hooooagie Maaaan!\" then wail on the harp holder around my neck .",
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"ref": "2003, James L. Hirsen, Tales from the Left Coast, page 53",
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