Canstick

Q: What is a synonym for "canstick"?

Common synonyms include: candle holder, candelabra, candelabrum, candle holder, chamber candlestick, holder.

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Noun

1
A candlestick (candle holder). obsolete
"I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned, / Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree, / And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, / Nothing so much as mincing poetry."

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candle holder candelabra candelabrum candle holder chamber candlestick holder

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"I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned, / Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree, / And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, / Nothing so much as mincing poetry."

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