miners safety candlestick
nounEtymology
From miners + safety + candlestick. Patented in 1872 by Theodore A. Washburn of Gold Hill, Nevada.
- inherited from candelstik
Definitions
A hand-forged iron tool used as a portable candle holder, most notably by miners to light…
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.
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