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单词 mutton candle
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mutton candle
mutton candle n. Obsolete rare a candle made from mutton fat.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > made from animal fat > made from mutton-fat
mutton fat1723
mutton light1795
mutton1825
mutton candle1842
1842 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton in Dublin Univ. Mag. June 692/2 Endeavouring to read by the light of mutton candles.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) v. 33 If a pound of mutton-candles cost sevenpence-halfpenny, how much [etc.].
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