glim

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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

Curfew And p’raps it’s just as well to tell He introduced the Curfew Bell; So at the early hour of eight Each doused his glim, raked out his grate.

From A Humorous History of England by Harrison, Charles

In another moment, the voice of Franz breaks out: “Ain’t there another glim somewhere?”

From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lynch, Lawrence L.

We got to the fifth child, and I heard something about her, when the wind reached round the wood stack at us, and snatched the last glim.

From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)