electrolier

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There was a fire ready laid in the grate; on the ceiling was a three-branch electrolier, but the switch by the door had been removed for some reason or other.

From The Slave of Silence by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)

"Pardon, sir, but don't you think—" Here he looked straight up at the electrolier and coughed.

From The Haunted Pajamas by Elliott, Francis Perry

Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.

From A Diversity of Creatures by Kipling, Rudyard

The dining room, furnished with an approach to elegance that one would scarcely have expected to find on such a shabby street, was lighted by a heavily shaded electrolier.

From The Gray Phantom's Return by Landon, Herman

My bag was here on the table under an electrolier.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 by Bates, Harry