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n. - The piece of string in a wax tube; Loops of soft yarn are cut to give a tufted pattern.

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Usage examples (28)
  • Adjective : a candlewick bedspread of unbleached muslin
  • EA was saying that candlewick is one of the few houses that puts lists of who-edited-what online Though for my own part, I could only find them by googling "editors name...
  • candlewick is like candlewick material - fluffy and stranded.
  • Each was made up of two men covered with = tufted candlewick bedspreads.
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