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cansticks

cansticks is the plural of canstick.

Meaning of canstick

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

Questions about cansticks

What is cansticks the plural of?
Cansticks is the plural of canstick.

Words near cansticks in the dictionary

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

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