"slave of the lamp" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1971, W. K. C. Guthrie, The Sophists, page 25",
          "text": "In the eyes of Gorgias \"the word\" was a despot who could do anything, but like a slave of the lamp it would be at the service of those who took his courses.",
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        "A genie who is imprisoned in a lamp, as in the tale of Aladdin."
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        "(fiction) A genie who is imprisoned in a lamp, as in the tale of Aladdin."
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          "ref": "1866, John Cargill Brough, The Fairy Tales of Science, page 306",
          "text": "The miracles wrought by this slave of the lamp transcend all the wonders conceived by the oriental romancists.",
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        "A person who does what is bid, or is obliged to do as bid; something that dutifully performs virtually any task."
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        "(figuratively) A person who does what is bid, or is obliged to do as bid; something that dutifully performs virtually any task."
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          "ref": "1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 174",
          "text": "These \"slaves of the lamp,\" as they used to be called, owing to the flash-light instrument upon which they sent the messages, had an equal number of hours on and off duty, and in their leisure hours spent their time in boating.",
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          "ref": "2022, Albert V. Harmon, Large Fees and How to Get Them: A book for the private use of physicians",
          "text": "No more midnight oil — for why should he be a slave of the lamp? No more worry.",
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        "A person who works by lamplight, or works with electrical apparatus."
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        "(humorous) A person who works by lamplight, or works with electrical apparatus."
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