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Definition of Torchlights
1. torchlight [n] - See also: torchlight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Torchlights
Literary usage of Torchlights
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Alsea Texts and Myths by Leo Joachim Frachtenberg (1920)
"Then toward daylight the torchlights went out. Then all were overcome by sleep.
And when a light was lit again (it was found) that Hulo'hulo was gone. ..."
2. Alsea Texts and Myths by Leo Joachim Frachtenberg (1920)
"In the meanwhile the two old men, namely, Crane and the (false) Hulo'hulo, were
sitting on each side of the door (and) both had torchlights. ..."
3. Abraham Lincoln: His Life, Public Services, Death and Great Funeral Cortege by John Carroll Power (1889)
"Barrytown, Tivoli, Germantown and Catskill present a scene of mourning, drapery,
bonfires and torchlights ; reaching Hudson at 9:45 pm Thousands of people ..."
4. My Diary in India, in the Year 1858-9 by Sir William Howard Russell (1860)
"I was too much fagged to observe more than the picturesque effect of the torchlights
moving in the distance. Soon we were in the deserted lanes of the huge ..."
5. Autobiography,: Sketch of Life and Labors of Miss Catherine S. Lawrence by Catherine S. Lawrence (1893)
""Oh no, the whole neighborhood will be out with torchlights if we are not ...
In a few minutes we were in the midst of shouts and torchlights and not a ..."
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