Citations:candle bark

English citations of candle bark

  1. 1840, Sale at Woodhouse Place[1], page 6:
    Bellows and candlebark
  2. [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.]
  3. 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.