点てん灯とう夫ふ

noun

lamplighter

Historical occupation: a town employee who lit and maintained oil or gas streetlights before electric lighting became widespread.

• 19世せい紀きのロンドンでは、点てん灯とう夫ふが毎まい夕ゆう街がい灯とうに火ひを灯ともしていた。

  In 19th-century London, lamplighters lit the streetlamps every evening.