glim

Example Sentences

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Summoned by a flood of protests, Vatican City firemen broke open the door, doused the gleaming glim.

From Time Magazine Archive

The latest of these, a novel by Walter Macken called Rain on the Wind, never quite bursts into flame; the book carries so much sentimental moisture that it douses its own glim.

From Time Magazine Archive

Looks a little spooky, but Hank'll have a glim fer ye in two shakes.

From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various

“Sure enough, they left their glim here,” said the fellow from the window.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The carriage light was feeble, and the faces I saw above me drooped under the glim, wilted and dingy.

From Waiting for Daylight by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)