Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mine of grease or tallow: a term which Shakspere makes Prince Henry apply to Falstaff on account of his fatness.
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Examples
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You whoreson candle-mine, you, how vilely did you speak of me even now before this honest, virtuous, civil gentlewoman!
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You whoreson candle-mine, you, how vilely did you speak of me even now before this honest, virtuous, civil gentlewoman!
Act II. Scene IV. The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth 1914
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You whoreson candle-mine, you, how vilely did you speak of me even now before this honest, virtuous, civil gentlewoman!
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