glim
Americannoun
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a light or lamp.
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Scot. a little bit; small portion; scrap.
noun
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a light or lamp
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an eye
Etymology
Origin of glim
Example Sentences
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Summoned by a flood of protests, Vatican City firemen broke open the door, doused the gleaming glim.
From Time Magazine Archive
The latest of these, a novel by Walter Macken called Rain on the Wind, never quite bursts into flame; the book carries so much sentimental moisture that it douses its own glim.
From Time Magazine Archive
I'll douse the glim and let 'em stay.
From Isle o' Dreams by Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen)
We got to the fifth child, and I heard something about her, when the wind reached round the wood stack at us, and snatched the last glim.
From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)
Duke: And then Petey will douse his glim.
From Wappin' Wharf A Frightful Comedy of Pirates by Flory, Julia McCune
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