An apparatus through which illuminating gas is made to pass, in order to ascertain the number of cubic feet of it produced at gas-works or consumed by those supplied with it.(noun)
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Use "gas-meter" in a sentence
"He says he'd even be happy if he can parlay his part-time work as a gas-meter reader into a new career as a gas-meter repairman."
"It caused a peculiar clicking sound, as though he had something between a giggle and a gas-meter at work in his neck."
"I haven't paid you back for the gas-meter shilling, 'said Hallam."