lighted or as if lighted by gaslight
gaslit
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gaslit
adjective
Illuminated by gaslight.
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Adjective
(not comparable)
- Illuminated by burning gas.
- The gaslit streets of Victorian London felt much safer than the dark alleyways to either side.
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Sentence Examples
- There are Dickensian slums and crime gangs, gaslit streets, a police inspector that recalls Doyle's Inspector Lestrade, and railroads.