parafin lamp 

tramp. untidy. person

my boy jay is a parafin lamp kid

parafin lamp by chinks April 20, 2008

Paraffin Lamp

cockney rhyming slang for tramp

shut up u fuckin paraffin lamp

Paraffin Lamp by callum h August 20, 2005

paraffin lamp

Normally one who chooses to live outside society's boundaries. Scavengers and beggars. Unwashed and unkempt, sleeping rough.

"Look at that dirty old 'paraffin lamp' sleeping in that doorway!!"

paraffin lamp by crazyhoop December 12, 2006