electrolier

Example Sentences

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Then she shifts sudden to another chair, where she has me under the electrolier, facin' her, and I knows that I'm let in for something.

From Wilt Thou Torchy by Ford, Sewell

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

The thief stepped toward him and directly under the electrolier, while the others in the room stood like statues, looking on.

From Officer 666 by Currie, Barton Wood

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