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candlestub en · NOUN

Etymology

From candle + stub.

Meanings

1. The end of a candle that has mostly burned away.
   • You warm the candlestub between your hands and smell it—real beeswax. 2019, Iraida H. López, Eliana S. Rivero, Let's Hear Their Voices, page 60:
   • He looked down at the guttered candlestub. 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 3:
   • In the bedroom a brown candlestub was on the table between the beds of Warren and Ina. 1933, George Weller, Not to Eat, Not for Love, page 303303:

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