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
My boat is heading that way, and I’m going to light my glim.
From Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence by Arundel, Louis
Now, here, you see, is my little glim; it ain’t for me, because I’m blind, worse luck! and the day and night is the blessed same to David Pew.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Stevenson, Robert Louis
"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
