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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1889-1925
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‡GASOLIERY, n. A gas chandelier (Slg., Fif., Edb. 1954). [gɑsə′li:ri]Ags. 1889 Barrie W. in Thrums xiv.:
We wasna i' the dinin'-room, so I ken naething aboot the gasoliery.Lth. 1925 C. P. Slater Marget Pow 20:
It seems that the gasoliery used to swee like a pendulum.
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