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Definition of Gaslit
1. illuminated by gaslight [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaslit
Literary usage of Gaslit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1877)
"At 11, AM as it was unnecessarily described in the Railway Guide (for AM and PM
were all one), I drove down through the gaslit streets to the gaslit station ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1880)
"The sunlit fields and the gaslit laboratory reveal truer wonders than the dark
closet of the spook-manufacturer ; the tests of the ..."
3. Punchby Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"Under those circumstances, then shall we seek the gaslit refreshment room ; that
is, if the last couples, suffering from partial paralysis, ..."
4. The Bookman (1896)
"... glorious and gaslit and gracious, Gathering from every land thy gay and
ephemeral tenantry, From the Greek who hails thee : " Thalatta ! ..."
5. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1877)
"At 11, AM as it was unnecessarily described in the Railway Guide (for AM and PM
were all one), I drove down through the gaslit streets to the gaslit station ..."
6. The Popular Science Monthly (1880)
"The sunlit fields and the gaslit laboratory reveal truer wonders than the dark
closet of the spook-manufacturer ; the tests of the ..."
7. Punchby Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"Under those circumstances, then shall we seek the gaslit refreshment room ; that
is, if the last couples, suffering from partial paralysis, ..."
8. The Bookman (1896)
"... glorious and gaslit and gracious, Gathering from every land thy gay and
ephemeral tenantry, From the Greek who hails thee : " Thalatta ! ..."
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