"taperstick" meaning in All languages combined

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      "expansion": "taper + stick",
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  "etymology_text": "From taper + stick.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tapersticks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1960, E. M. Elville, English tableglass, page 125",
          "text": "It would appear that candlesticks and their smaller accessories, tapersticks, did not come within the scope of the glass-maker until shortly after Ravenscroft's discovery of glass-of-lead, and it is probable that the baluster type stem, and its heavy, solid knopping, suggested a convenient stem, both for holding and to give the candlestick stability.",
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        "A miniature candlestick."
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          "candlestick",
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