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candleshine

Definitions

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  • noun The light thrown from a lit candle

Etymologies

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candle +‎ shine

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Examples

  • The faint click of the bolt being slipped broke in on my thoughts, and as I sat up the door opened noiselessly, and someone slipped quickly in - it wasn't Congressman Lincoln, though, it was Joe the negro, the whites of his eyes glinting in the candleshine as he set his back to the door and raised a finger to his lips.

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • He sneezed and spindrift floated through candleshine.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

  • He sneezed and spindrift floated through candleshine.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

  • He stood in his oval of candleshine, his slight blush tinting his face.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

  • He stood in his oval of candleshine, his slight blush tinting his face.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

  • In the candleshine, her pubis was faintly outlined, like a map of a phantom peninsula.

    Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000

  • In the candleshine, her pubis was faintly outlined, like a map of a phantom peninsula.

    Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000

  • He set Gabriel down, and the boy raced to the tree, the candleshine not half so bright as his eyes, his fingers reaching out to touch a bright orange bound with ribbon and a tiny gingerbread cookie shaped like a rocking horse.

    A GIFT OF LOVE Judith McNaught 1995

  • He set Gabriel down, and the boy raced to the tree, the candleshine not half so bright as his eyes, his fingers reaching out to touch a bright orange bound with ribbon and a tiny gingerbread cookie shaped like a rocking horse.

    A GIFT OF LOVE Judith McNaught 1995

  • The faint click of the bolt being slipped broke in on my thoughts, and as I sat up the door opened noiselessly, and someone slipped quickly in - it wasn't Congressman Lincoln, though, it was Joe the negro, the whites of his eyes glinting in the candleshine as he set his back to the door and raised a finger to his lips.

    Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995

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  • vendingmachine commented on the word candleshine

    "In the candleshine, her pubis was faintly outlined, like a map of a phantom peninsula."

    January 12, 2016

  • madmouth commented on the word candleshine

    "her pubis glowed purply, like prose waxed by candleshine"

    January 12, 2016

  • bilby commented on the word candleshine

    *gets out polishing cloth*

    January 12, 2016