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having illumination provided by burning gas; of or resembling a time, esp. the 1890s, when gaslight was widely used

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Usage examples (34)
  • Adjective : gaslit streets. ,the gaslit era
  • At sunset we stopped at a gaslit pub for the men to have one more drink.
  • The book blends Dark Ages fantasy, gaslit mystery, and a modern-day jewel heist.
  • Voices of promenaders and the brush of their shoe leather on gaslit street cobbles.
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