electrolier

Example Sentences

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Mr. Bangs lit the electrolier, and, motioning Quin to a chair, sat down heavily.

From Quin by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan

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)

The powerful electrolier overhead cast its light full on Howard's haggard face and on the captain's scowling features.

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

Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.

From A Diversity of Creatures by Kipling, Rudyard

It was clad from head to foot in a long coat of black silk, which shimmered in the half-light of the electrolier.

From Jack O' Judgment by Wallace, Edgar