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  • I crawl out of my comforter cocoon and stagger down the hallway toward her room, a bare-bulb night light guiding my way.

    Fostering Nina « A Fly in Amber 2009

  • Fedora, white shirt with rolled-up sleeves – there may have even been suspenders. if I remember correctly, he was sitting at a desk with a bare-bulb, goose-neck lamp and a manual typewriter.

    Think Progress » ABC Political Director: ‘Every Elite Politico’ In The Country Knows The Media Has A Liberal Bias 2006

  • No big-name interior designer, no waiters with shaved heads and earrings, no bare-bulb light fixtures that look as though they were designed by the Gestapo; not even cell phones are allowed (it says so right on the menu).

    The White Stuff: Fleur de Sel Worth Its Salt 2000

  • No big-name interior designer, no waiters with shaved heads and earrings, no bare-bulb light fixtures that look as though they were designed by the Gestapo; not even cell phones are allowed (it says so right on the menu).

    The White Stuff: Fleur de Sel Worth Its Salt 2000

  • To their left, Tsukiji's forest of bare-bulb lights illumined lines of glistening fish.

    Black Blade Lustbader, Eric Van 1992

  • No, not for all your lighting needs but perhaps for your decorative clear-glass and bare-bulb fixtures so that you can really see the filament.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • On a recent evening, votives and bare-bulb pendant lamps cast a warm glow over the L-shaped bar and minimalist dining room, as convivial chatter flowed across the dozen polished-wood tables.

    NYT > Home Page By INGRID K. WILLIAMS 2011

  • No, not for all your lighting needs but perhaps for your decorative clear-glass and bare-bulb fixtures so that you can really see the filament.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • The lights have gone out on the last bare-bulb sign on Coney Island, the historian

    NYT > N.Y. / Region 2010

  • The lights have gone out on the last bare-bulb sign on Coney Island, the historian

    NYT > N.Y. / Region 2010

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