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miners safety candlestick

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

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.

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

miners' canary miners' moss miners' safety candlestick Minerva minerval Minervini

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