electrolier

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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

Here was not even a drop-light for him to do it by, only electric sconces set high upon the walls, and a fanciful centre electrolier.

From A Court of Inquiry by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)

And, sure enough, by holdin' the pad under the big electrolier in the lib'ry, we could trace out the address.

From Shorty McCabe on the Job by Ford, Sewell

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

But he sat down at the oval table under the electrolier, and came abruptly to his point.

From The Crime Doctor by Hornung, Ernest William