electrolier

Example Sentences

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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

In the mass they had nothing but a mechanical existence, subject as they were to the brightness or dimness of the electrolier that regulated their attention.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton

And he was no more than there, in the shadow of the portières, when light from an electrolier flooded the reception-hall.

From The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Vance, Louis Joseph

In the dining-room was an electrolier made of seven kinds of inimical colored glass, and a plate-rack from which were hung department-store steins.

From The Innocents A Story for Lovers by Lewis, Sinclair

But it was not the furnishing or the rich little gilt table by the bedside or the hanging electrolier which attracted T. B.'s attention; rather his eyes fell instantly upon the man on the bed.

From The Secret House by Wallace, Edgar