| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Expression | 1. Put out the light. [Slang].[Websters]. | |
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Common Expressions: DOUSE THE GLIM
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Douse the glim | Put out the light. [Slang]. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: DOUSE THE GLIM
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Douse the Glim | Literature | 1: " `And so you would turn honest, Captain Goffe, agrazing, would ye,' said an old weather-beaten pirate who had but one eye; `what though he... made my eye dowse the glim... he is an honest man'..." - The Pirate, chap. xxxiii. 2: Put out the light; also knock out a man's eye. To douse is to lower in haste, as "Douse the top-sail" Glim, gleam, glimmer, are variants of the same word. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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