candleholder
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]candleholder (plural candleholders)
- A device for holding one or more lit candles
- Synonym: timmynoggy
- Hyponyms: candelabrum, candlestick, girandole
- 2007 September 5, “Brooklyn: Man Killed in Fall”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
- When officers arrived, the man, whose name was not released, confronted them with a metal candleholder, officials said.
- (historical) A person who holds a candle to assist another person who is working in dim light.
- (dated, by extension) One who renders another slight assistance, or humours them.
Translations
[edit]device for holding one or more lit candles — see also candlestick
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