electrolier

Example Sentences

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Suddenly Maloney turned off every electric light except the lights in the electrolier, the glare of which was intensified by the surrounding darkness.

From The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life by Klein, Charles

The walls were panelled in myrtle, the same electrolier hung from the ceiling as he had seen on his previous visit.

From The Secret House by Wallace, Edgar

It was clad from head to foot in a long coat of black silk, which shimmered in the half-light of the electrolier.

From Jack O' Judgment by Wallace, Edgar

"Here, switch on the light someone," said Malcolm Sage, and a moment after there was a click and a three-lamp electrolier burst into light.

From John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall by Jenkins, Herbert George

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