Bengal light
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Denis did not dance, but when ragtime came squirting out of the pianola in gushes of treacle and hot perfume, in jets of Bengal light, then things began to dance inside him.
From Crome Yellow by Huxley, Aldous
Then, as if making some calculation, moved his lips; every one of these stones became changed into a sparkling number, and dazzling as if in a Bengal light, a noble sum flashed before him.
From Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von
Some one in front of them ignited a Bengal light and threw it into the air; the flame flashed across Nancy's features, and fell upon the hat of a man near her.
From In the Year of Jubilee by Gissing, George
The cavern with a Bengal light was fairyland to him, and among the minerals he was quite at home.
From The Life of John Ruskin by Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom)
But to choose a partner for life in the glare of a Bengal light!
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various
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