Crossword-Solution: CANDLEWICK
We have 3 clues for the answer “CANDLEWICK”
| Clue | Answers |
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| A kind of bedspread. | 1 answer |
| It's often lit in near-darkness | 1 answer |
| loops of soft yarn are cut to give a tufted pattern | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETERA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CANDLEWICK (5)
Then it receives its first twist on the spindle, and becomes about the thickness of coarse candlewick; after being taken off and wound into a large ball, it is given the final hard twist, and spun into a firm cop on the spindle again: all the processes being painfully slow.
This boy's name was Romeo, but he always went by the nickname of Candlewick, because he was so thin, straight and bright, like the new wick of a little nightlight.
You can see for yourself that it is quite full." "No matter," replied Candlewick, "if there is no place inside, I will manage to sit on the springs." And, giving a leap, he seated himself astride on the springs.
The donkeys galloped, the coach rattled, the boys inside slept, Candlewick snored like a dormouse, and the little man seated on the box sang between his teeth: "During the night all sleep, But I sleep never." After they had gone another mile, Pinocchio heard the same little low voice saying to him: "Bear it in mind, simpleton! Boys who refuse to study and turn their backs upon books, schools and masters, to pass their time in play and amusement, sooner or later come to a bad end.
Pinocchio, Candlewick and the other boys who had made the journey with the little man, had scarcely set foot in the town before they were in the thick of the tumult, and I need not tell you that in a few minutes they had made acquaintance with everybody.
Quotes with CANDLEWICK (1)
Granny Trill and Granny Wallon were traditional ancients of a kind we won’t see today, the last of that dignity of grandmothers to whom age was its own embellishment. The grandmothers of those days dressed for the part in that curious but endearing uniform which is now known to us only through music-hall. And our two old neighbours, when setting forth on errands, always prepared themselves scrupulously so. They wore high laced boots and long muslin dresses, beaded chokers and…
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Appears in: NYT, Universal.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1963–2013).