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 have been appointed captain and it is my duty to sound taps, or, as Benny Philow or Mally Mack might say, 'douse the glim.'
From The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening by Lilian Garis
The carriage light was feeble, and the faces I saw above me drooped under the glim, wilted and dingy.
From Waiting for Daylight by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson
My boat is heading that way, and I’m going to light my glim.
From Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence by Louis Arundel
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