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gaselier

British  
/ ˌɡæsəˈlɪə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of gasolier

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Above it, a handsome gilt gaselier spread out its branches, and on this gaselier as many as three gas-jets burned furiously at once.

From The Divine Fire by Sinclair, May

At the long table, under the hanging gaselier, in shirt sleeves and apron, Mr. Ransome stood.

From The Combined Maze by Sinclair, May

My aunt sat on a straight, hard chair and stared fixedly at the three-armed gaselier.

From Paul Kelver, a Novel by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

Gimcracks in an �tag�re: a festoon of chenille monkeys hanging from the gaselier.

From Mr Punch's Pocket Ibsen - A Collection of Some of the Master's Best Known Dramas by Anstey, F.

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