candlestick maker
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcandlestickandmaker
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candlestick
noun[C]
uk/ˈkæn.dəl.stɪk/us/ˈkæn.dəl.stɪk/
an object that holds ...
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maker
noun[C]
uk/ˈmeɪ.kər/us/ˈmeɪ.kɚ/
the people or company that ...
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(Definition ofcandlestickandmakerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We have the baker, so presumably the next one was thecandlestickmaker.
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I inquired why there were lovely supermarkets but no greengrocer, no butcher, no baker, not even acandlestickmaker.
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One wonders whether it also includes acandlestickmakerand a butcher.
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It would not be a question of whether a draper was going to give place to a bookshop or acandlestickmaker.
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One thinks of the butcher, the baker, thecandlestickmaker, but we have drysalter's, fruit shops, newsagents, dairies and so forth.
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The little baker, the butcher and thecandlestickmakerexist to give a service.
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Their spouses, too, have discovered that, and it is also true for the butcher, the baker and thecandlestickmaker.
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Any business can be included if it is important to the local community—the butcher, the baker or, for the sake of argument, the sawmill rather than thecandlestickmaker.
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When we speak in debates on coal we often tend only to think about the miners, but what about the butcher, the baker, thecandlestickmakerin every mining village?
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There was, however, nocandlestickmaker.
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