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miners' safety candlestick

miners' safety candlestick is the alternative spelling of miners safety candlestick.

Meaning of miners safety candlestick

Noun

miners safety candlestick (plural miners safety candlesticks)

  1. A hand-forged iron tool used as a portable candle holder, most notably by miners to light their way in shafts; the spike of the tool could be driven into a wooden support frame or crack; known colloquially as a Sticking Tommy or Tommy Stick.

Questions about miners' safety candlestick

What is miners' safety candlestick the alternative spelling of?
Miners' safety candlestick is the alternative spelling of miners safety candlestick.

Words near miners' safety candlestick in the dictionary

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  2. miners safety candlestick
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  6. miners' safety candlestick
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  10. Minervan
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