electrolier

Example Sentences

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There was a fire ready laid in the grate; on the ceiling was a three-branch electrolier, but the switch by the door had been removed for some reason or other.

From The Slave of Silence by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)

Next instant, I was blinking under the dazzling electrolier.

From The Haunted Pajamas by Elliott, Francis Perry

The maid had forgotten to switch on the electrolier and as the only light came from the distant dining-room, the big parlor was practically all in gloom.

From The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure by Hornblow, Arthur

And, sure enough, by holdin' the pad under the big electrolier in the lib'ry, we could trace out the address.

From Shorty McCabe on the Job by Ford, Sewell

And he was no more than there, in the shadow of the portières, when light from an electrolier flooded the reception-hall.

From The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Vance, Louis Joseph