candleshade

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candleshade (plural candleshades)

  1. Alternative form of candle-shade
    • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray[1]:
      [] he had sat opposite to him at the club, the red candleshades staining to a richer rose the wakening wonder of his face.
    • 1905, William Le Queux, The Czar's Spy:
      ..on turning saw upon the mantelshelf a small, bright-red candleshade, which I took in my hand. It was made, I found, to fit upon the electric tablelamp.
    • 1987, Donald Stanwood, The Seventh Royale: A Novel:
      She smiled, an enigma in the wavering light of our candleshade.