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gaslight

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gaslight
a type of lamp in which the illumination is produced by an incandescent mantle heated by a jet of gas


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The Major was still looking at him quietly, but with protruding eyes, when the front door was flung open, releasing a flood of gaslight on the face of the fading mist; and another figure in pyjamas sprang or tumbled out into the garden.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
In the thoroughfares where shops abound, the sordid struggle with poverty shows itself unreservedly on the filthy pavement; gathers its forces through the week; and, strengthening to a tumult on Saturday night, sees the Sunday morning dawn in murky gaslight.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
As she did so the gaslight struck on the gold of her wedding-ring,
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
 
 
 
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