fetch candle

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See fetch (wraith, apparition).

Noun[edit]

fetch candle (plural fetch candles)

  1. (archaic) A mysterious light, which, when seen at night, was believed to foretell a person's death.
    Synonym: corpse candle

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