calcium light
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of calcium light
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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The guide struck off a calcium light to show us the formation of the ceiling.
From The Four Pools Mystery by Webster, Jean
His stories are full of adventure and dramatic situations, and his melodrama is of the lurid kind on which the calcium light is thrown.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
A piece of lime put into the flame gives the brilliant Drummond or calcium light.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips
I looked around the corner and could see he just had on his shirt and pants, and his suspenders were hanging down, and his bald head shown like a calcium light just before it explodes.
From Peck's Compendium of Fun by Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)
His words are parlando, but the orchestra illumines them with music clear as a calcium light.
From Stars of the Opera by Wagnalls, Mabel
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