Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Window-glass in which woven-wire netting is embedded.
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Examples
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I moved carefully, peeking through the wire-glass windows before I passed through the doors, glancing around corners before I turned them.
Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010
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I moved carefully, peeking through the wire-glass windows before I passed through the doors, glancing around corners before I turned them.
Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010
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I moved carefully, peeking through the wire-glass windows before I passed through the doors, glancing around corners before I turned them.
Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010
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It was a small squat structure of no particular distinction: three stories of brick and mortar and wire-glass windows.
The Sinister Six Combo Castro, Adam Troy 2001
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At the center of the rear wall was a metal door with a four inch wire-glass window.
Blood Test Kellerman, Jonathan 1986
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At the center of the rear wall was a metal door with a four inch wire-glass window.
Blood Test Jonathan Kellerman 1986
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At the center of the rear wall was a metal door with a four inch wire-glass window.
Blood Test Jonathan Kellerman 1986
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At the center of the rear wall was a metal door with a four inch wire-glass window.
Blood Test Jonathan Kellerman 1986
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The Great World, as he saw it through a tiny hole in one of the opaque wire-glass windows, consisted of three bars of a rusty fire-escape-landing against a yellow brick wall, with a smudge of black on the wall below the landing.
The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Sinclair Lewis 1918
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I noted that the window was simply a large pane of wire-glass set in the wall for the purpose of admitting light in the daytime from the hall outside.
The Silent Bullet 1908
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