单词 | mutton candle |
释义 | > as lemmasmutton candle ΘΚΠ 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.]. < as lemmas |
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