electrolier

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"Pardon, sir, but don't you think—" Here he looked straight up at the electrolier and coughed.

From The Haunted Pajamas by Elliott, Francis Perry

Hat, gun and rod racks of feet, antlers and heads in various combinations are mentioned elsewhere and occasionally some one attempts an electrolier of antlers, mounted either on the heads or separately.

From Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration by Farnham, Albert B.

In the glittering electrolier wires mingled with pipes, and bulbs with globes.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various

He raised a pair of anguished eyes to the green and yellow paper festoons that trailed from the electrolier above the dining-table to various picture nails in the walls.

From Adventures of Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George

In the mass they had nothing but a mechanical existence, subject as they were to the brightness or dimness of the electrolier that regulated their attention.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton