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canstick

canstick noun: a candlestick (candle holder).

Noun

canstick (plural cansticks)

  1. (obsolete) A candlestick (candle holder).
    • 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.a. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, act 3, scene 1, lines 125–128

Forms of canstick

pluralcansticks

Questions about canstick

What does canstick mean?
Canstick means a candlestick (candle holder).
What part of speech is canstick?
Canstick is a noun.
What is the plural of canstick?
The plural of canstick is cansticks.

Words near canstick in the dictionary

  1. canso
  2. CANSOFCOM
  3. cansos
  4. canst
  5. canstatin
  6. canstick
  7. cansticks
  8. cant
  9. cant dog
  10. cant dogs
  11. cant hook

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