glim

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

And in his exultation he called out, "The beaks have doused the glim, Cap'n Duff!"

From Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast by Munroe, Kirk

"I'd 'a' had th' drop on 'em in another second if they hadn't doused that glim!"

From The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X by Gooch, Thelma

I can open it if you’ll hold this blessed glim still.

From The Dark House A Knot Unravelled by Fenn, George Manville