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Meanings of candlewick fabric in английском

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

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Examples for "candlewick"
Examples for "candlewick"
1
There were salmon-coloured candlewick bedspreads and a chandelier with small orange-pink shades, not quite matching.
Small wars: a novel
2
The king snuffs out the candlewick and smears the soot between his thumb and forefinger.
Daughters of the Nile
3
I didn't know my dick from a candlewick.
Dangerous Women
4
Why doth the fire fasten upon the candlewick?
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
5
She was wearing an old candlewick bathrobe.
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