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gas·lit

(găs′lĭt′) also gas·light·ed (-lī′tĭd)
adj.
1. Illuminated by gaslight.
2. Affected by or subjected to gaslighting.
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gaslit

(ˈɡæslɪt)
n
lit by gas light
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gas•lit

(ˈgæsˌlɪt)

adj.
1. having illumination provided by burning gas: gaslit streets.
2. of or resembling a time, esp. the 1890s, when gaslight was widely used: the gaslit era.
[1830–40]
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gaslit

[ˈgæslɪt] ADJcon alumbrado de gas
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The detective turned about and scrutinized us keenly; and through the gaslit mist I noticed that his hair was grizzled at the temples, and his face still cadaverous, from the wound that had nearly been his death.
Brought up by his mother, grandmother and aunties in the Horfield area of Bristol, he joined other children kicking a ball around the postwar gaslit streets and nearby common.
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Then as evenings come to call And shadows fade on redbrick wall All one by one to disappear Into the silent sleepy night 'Mid gaslit lamps and out of sight.
The design includes a lamp-post and a horse - to reflect the first gaslit lamp which illuminated Chapel Street and Salford's history of using horses within the underground colliery and canal systems.
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We can't even imagine how radical those performances were then, in those gaslit theatres, with half-naked women prancing around, men smoking in the theatre, where performances were improvised--the observational, satirical nature of it all, putting gods onstage and laughing at them as a reference to the aristocracy--we can't imagine what it was like."
"Ditto fish & chip and ice cream shops with parlours, small cinemas in practically every street, cobbled streets, alleys and closes still gaslit and full of life and activity."
In retrospect, the boisterous entertainment culture of the 1860s, with its costume balls and gaslit cafes-concerts, seemed to announce a headlong can-can over the precipice, a veritablega/op infernal.
Hyde Park Picture House, in Leeds, the world's only surviving gaslit cinema which opened just after the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 and became popular broadcasting news bulletins and morale-boosting dramas, will get PS2.4 million.
From our vantage point, his gaslit, fog-bound haunts may appear cozy and quaint, but in reality Holmes' setting represented a world buffeted by rapid change.