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Gas company   /gæs kˈəmpəni/   Listen
Gas company

noun
1.
A public utility that provides gas.  Synonym: gas service.






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"Gas company" Quotes from Famous Books



... have satisfactory illumination, the pressure must be strong enough to give a steady, broad flame. If the flame from any gas jet is flickering and weak, it is usually an indication of insufficient pressure and the gas company should investigate conditions and see to it that the consumer receives his ...
— General Science • Bertha M. Clark

... many friends we made at Rochester, was Mr. Syms, the respected Manager of the Gas Company, and an old resident in the city. To this gentleman we are indebted for several reminiscences of Dickens and his works. He fancies that The Mystery of Edwin Drood owed its origin to the following strange local event that ...
— A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land • William R. Hughes

... shovel." As she spoke, the beautiful apparition held up her delicate hand. From the tip of each of her long taper fingers issued a lambent flame of such surpassing brilliancy as would have plunged a whole gas company into despair—it was a 'Hand of Glory,' [Footnote: One of the uses to which this mystic chandelier was put, was the protection of secreted treasure. Blow out all the fingers at one puff, and you had the money.] such a one as tradition tells ...
— Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers • Various



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