Entry: onionlight (n.)
In context: "...it stood casually checking its cuticles in the astringent fluorescence of pharmacies that took forged Talwin scrips for a hefty surcharge, in the onionlight through paper shades in the furnished rooms of strung-out nurses..."
Definition: A neologism. I'd love to hear your best definition!
Other:
SNOOT score: 1
Page: 359
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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I'd hazard it has something to do with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onionskin, especially since there are paper shades involved.
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