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  • The gaslamp is a phallic symbol, so this is clearly an allegory of rape.

    Etant donnés-ish x2 « Jahsonic 2008

  • The gaslamp is a phallic symbol, so this is clearly an allegory of rape.

    Etant donnés-ish x2 « Jahsonic 2008

  • As I ran toward my room, determined to wake Arden and face him with the truth, a gaslamp came on.

    My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010

  • For the second straight year, the World Science Fiction Society is offering its congrats to "Girl Genius," again bestowing upon the stellar "gaslamp fantasy" comic the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story.

    'GIRL GENIUS' wins Hugo Award for best graphic story 2010

  • As I ran toward my room, determined to wake Arden and face him with the truth, a gaslamp came on.

    My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010

  • As I ran toward my room, determined to wake Arden and face him with the truth, a gaslamp came on.

    My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010

  • As I ran toward my room, determined to wake Arden and face him with the truth, a gaslamp came on.

    My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010

  • I looked into his eyes, and it seemed as though they were made of glass, not flesh, and in them was a gaslamp flicker, yet nothing of life.

    October 2009 2009

  • The gaslamp burned low and the three played cards.

    Tours of the Black Clock Steve Erickson 2008

  • He built a fire in the stove and lit the. gaslamp, not looking at Zeno who stood with the money in his gnarly hands, affronting the boy with it.

    Tours of the Black Clock Steve Erickson 2008

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