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Definition of Houselights
1. Noun. Lights that illuminate the audience's part of a theater or other auditorium.
Group relationships: Theater Light
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Definition of Houselights
1. Noun. The illumination of the audience section of an auditorium or theatre ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Houselights
1. [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Houselights
Literary usage of Houselights
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (1920)
"... had forgotten to turn off the houselights. Some one out front was giggling.
She galloped round to the left wing, herself pulled the switch, ..."
2. The Electrical Engineer (1891)
"... but the greatly increased revenue brought in from the houselights would far
more than recoup the additional outlay upon larger engines and dynamos with ..."
3. Preliminary Report Upon Petroleum and Inflammable Gas by Edward Francis Baxter Orton, Ohio Chief Geologist, Geological Survey of Ohio (1886)
"... in part: For cooking stoves $1.00 per month. sitting room stoves 1.50 " "
grates 2.00 to 2.50" houselights 15 to 30 " " patent lime kilns (draw kilns) ..."
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