drop-light

Her hair was dank, her lean body poured sweat in rivulets that shone under the drop-light, but there was good reason for the nakedness and the labors.

The Luxembourg Run Ellin, Stanley 1977

A room frequently partakes of the nature of its occupant; and the atmosphere of this one always made her heart sink with a quiver of loneliness over the strange chill of lifelessness there in spite of the rosy drop-light, the fluttering curtains, and the drifting breath of flowers.

Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls Julia Augusta Schwartz

She would play her game of solitaire, long after bedtime, at that desk by the drop-light.

The Spinner's Book of Fiction Various

Harleston blew a smoke ring at the big drop-light on the table and watched it swirl under the cardinal shade.

The Cab of the Sleeping Horse John Reed Scott

"I'll do my hurrahing when the returns are in," said Bowers, and stripping to his shirt sleeves he took his station under a drop-light and made ready to figure the local result.

The Henchman Mark Lee Luther

A green shade over her eyes connected a blur of nondescript hair with a rather long nose beneath which a pair of pale lips in the glow of the drop-light was rapidly gabbling over some lines in Greek scansion.

Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls Julia Augusta Schwartz

A drop-light was necessary, and I found the old brass lantern which hung from the ceiling.

The House in Good Taste Elsie de Wolfe

Then she blinked admiringly upon the white pile of envelopes lying in the glow of the drop-light.

Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls Julia Augusta Schwartz

The small candle shades, the shirred shade of the drop-light, and the cushion of the black lacquer chair are also of this blue.

The House in Good Taste Elsie de Wolfe

A faint rosy glow from the lowered drop-light shone on the piles of papers and scattered books on the library table.

Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls Julia Augusta Schwartz