gasolier
Example Sentences
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In the pilot, we got some 1860s gasolier globes, and when they arrived, they were broken.
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2012
It was afternoon before we sat down at the dining-room table under a cobwebby gasolier.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
"The truth is," said Mrs. Barrington, "neither Martha nor I can reach the gasolier."
From The Precipice by Elia Wilkinson Peattie
The lady who was cousin to a baronet had shifted her chair beneath the gasolier, her eyes bent on her everlasting crochet work.
From Passing of the Third Floor Back by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The gasolier trembled, the floor throbbed, the little goblin dwelling pulsated as if it were alarmed.
From The Judge by Rebecca West
