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
Mind him who will, with his great white face, Boldly I'll ride by his glim to the chase; Give him a Rowland, and loudly as ever Shout, as I show myself, "Stand and deliver!"
From Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth
"Douse your glim, mate; we'll be having them Zeppelins all over us."
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914 by Various
Looks a little spooky, but Hank'll have a glim fer ye in two shakes.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
