gaselier
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The stairway, lighted with bronze statues holding a gaselier on each newel post, led to the private upstairs chapel, later converted into a billiard room.
From Time Magazine Archive
The hanging white globes of the gaselier shone on them.
From Mary Olivier: a Life by Sinclair, May
When, therefore, at this juncture the three eyes of the Lovegroves' dining-room gaselier winked slowly, and closed their lids—so to speak—ceasing to watch and to supplicate, he suffered no self-reproach.
From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas
Large mirrors: cut-glass gaselier, supplemented by two standard lamps with yellow shades.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 28, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
Gimcracks in an �tag�re; a festoon of chenille monkeys hanging from the gaselier.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 4, 1891 by Various
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