Citations:candle bark
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English citations of candle bark
- 1840, Sale at Woodhouse Place[1], page 6:
- Bellows and candlebark
- [1896, Samuel Pegge, Two Collections of Derbicisms Containing Words and Phrases in a Great Measure Peculiar to the Natives and Inhabitants of the County of Derby:
- Bark, s. a repository to put ends of candles in; being a piece of bark nailed up against the wall; termed often the candle-bark.]
- 1931, Alison Uttley, The Country Child:
- He opened the back and put in a fresh piece of candle from the candle bark, and lit it.