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单词 mutton light
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mutton light
mutton light n. Obsolete = mutton candle n.
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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
1795 ‘P. Pindar’ Pindariana 171 Nay, while a mutton-light remains, A sun with us no credit gains, But yields to ev'ry farthing candle.
1844 Bentley's Misc. 5 Oct. 413 On the table were..two or three tumbler, an end of ‘mutton light’.
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