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gaslit

[ gas-lit ]

/ ˈgæsˌlɪt /

adjective

having illumination provided by burning gas: gaslit streets.

of or resembling a time, especially the 1890s, when gaslight was widely used: the gaslit era.

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Origin of gaslit

First recorded in 1830–40; gas + lit¹

Words nearby gaslit

gas laws, gaslight, gas lighter, gas-liquid chromatography, gas liquor, gaslit, gas log, gas main, gasman, gas mantle, gas mask

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Example sentences from the Web for gaslit

Something very energetic, certainly—to seize some drugs, perhaps, and rush excitedly with him through the gaslit streets.
The Man from Archangel|A. Conan Doyle
Captain George Percy Cavendish, standing at the window, looking abstractedly out at the starlit and gaslit street, was thinking.
A Changed Heart|May Agnes Fleming
Acting on impulse at last, she took council with John, securing him as her companion in the gaslit walk from a concert.
Magnum Bonum|Charlotte M. Yonge
In this gaslit gut of a place, which was as narrow and circumscribed as a gallery in a mine, one was well-nigh suffocated.
Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille|Emile Zola

In the gaslit kitchen, surrounded by steaming linen, Victoria wrote a little feverish note in pencil.
A Bed of Roses|W. L. George

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