Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a theater, etc., one who directs the application and use of gas and other media of artificial illumination.
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Examples
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He acted kind of miserable at first, and was awfully sarcastic about being a gentleman and not a gas-engineer.
The Motormaniacs Lloyd Osbourne 1907
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She was born Paulette Deplanque in Paris, the 11th child of Suzanne Dubost, a singer at the Opéra-Comique, and her gas-engineer husband.
The Guardian World News Ronald Bergan 2011
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She was born Paulette Deplanque in Paris, the 11th child of Suzanne Dubost, a singer at the Opéra-Comique, and her gas-engineer husband.
The Guardian World News Ronald Bergan 2011
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