electrolier

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The dining room, furnished with an approach to elegance that one would scarcely have expected to find on such a shabby street, was lighted by a heavily shaded electrolier.

From The Gray Phantom's Return by Landon, Herman

He then turned out all the lights in the room with the exception of the center electrolier, that shone down directly on the handkerchief and ring.

From The Girl in the Golden Atom by Cummings, Ray

Here was not even a drop-light for him to do it by, only electric sconces set high upon the walls, and a fanciful centre electrolier.

From A Court of Inquiry by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)

Margaret sought out a small bundle tied to the electrolier on the right hand side of the hall.

From Ethel Morton's Holidays by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)

Suddenly Maloney turned off every electric light except the lights in the electrolier, the glare of which was intensified by the surrounding darkness.

From The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life by Klein, Charles