swing the lamp

swing the lamp
   British to boast
   Naval usage and imagery, probably from the action of a signaller passing a message between ships at night rather than from the movement of a suspended lamp below decks:
    There were several groans and Andy Laird, the chief stoker, shouted, 'Swing the bloody lamp, somebody!' (Reeman, 1994 — a crew member had been bragging)

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