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wickmaker

noun
/ˈwɪkmeɪkə/UK

Etymology

From wick + maker.

  1. inherited from maker
  2. compounded as wickmaker — “wick + maker”

Definitions

  1. Someone who makes wicks.

    • Piggot Samuel, watchmaker 215½ Hudson Piggott Augusta wickmaker 159 Grand
    • […] apparently assumes that the Talmud does not totally reject that there was a wickmaker’s office.
    • She was renowned throughout the city as […] Sarah the wickmaker.

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