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Significados de candlewick en inglés

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A string that holds the flame of a candle.

Unbleached muslin fabric with a tufted design in candlewick yarn, originally hand embroidered and later machine-woven.

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The wick had been trimmed, and Cartwright was in for the evening.
The Rangeland Avenger
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She raised the chimney and lit the lamp, and regulated the wick.
Clayhanger
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Here the socket of the candle dropped, and the wick went out.
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
4
Buck Daniels ran to the big lamp and turned up the wick.
The Night Horseman
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The wick dips into the clear molten wax and the flame falters.
Caleb's crossing
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This was sometimes made by dipping a candle wick into melted tallow.
Stories of American Life and Adventure
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A candle wick flickered and caught.
American Gods
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A crown of angry red formed upon the candle wick, which toppled over in the socket and guttered out with a sharp hiss.
A Foregone Conclusion
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The candle wick burned long, and was topped by a little cap of fiery red that seemed to wink at us like an impish gnome.
The Golden Road
5
He laughed gaily as he went through the historically famous test of courage in snuffing the flaring candle wicks with his fingers.
Westways: A Village Chronicle
Uso de candlewick en inglés
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There were salmon-coloured candlewick bedspreads and a chandelier with small orange-pink shades, not quite matching.
Small wars: a novel
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The king snuffs out the candlewick and smears the soot between his thumb and forefinger.
Daughters of the Nile
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I didn't know my dick from a candlewick.
Dangerous Women
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Why doth the fire fasten upon the candlewick?
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
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She was wearing an old candlewick bathrobe.
61 hours
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It took three matches before she managed to light the candlewick, and then she took out her thermos.
Winter door
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One exercise has them using tweezers to pluck tiny threads out of a lit candlewick without extinguishing the flame.
BBC
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His mother was sitting in the sun in front of their tenement, braiding candlewick to sell in the marketplace.
Casket of Souls
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She lit the candlewick with a match and watched it sputter and light, then she picked up the black key.
Coraline
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As it spurted into gold and blue flame, and the candlewick flared and then steadied, I began to remove my coat.
A duty to the dead
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She lit a wooden taper from the kitchen fire, then transferred the flame first to one candlewick and then to the other.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
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A bizarrely clad troupe of men shoved past: pyjamas and greatcoats, one in a neon-yellow candlewick bedspread, another in a dressing-gown and balaclava.
The water room
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It always reminded him of an antique candlewick spread he had once bought Jeana-immenserainbow flowers scattered over a background of pale green.
Dogs of war
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The departing decor reminded me of candlewick bedspreads, peeling wallpaper, creaking floorboards - and rent left inside for the landlord to pick-up on Friday.
The Irish Times
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He then set out and went everywhere in search of Candlewick.
Pinocchio: The Tale of a Puppet
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He returned a second time, but Candlewick was not there.
Pinocchio: The Tale of a Puppet
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