THIEF IN A CANDLE

Domain	Definition
Slang in 1811	THIEF IN A CANDLE. Part of the wick or snuff, which falling on the tallow, burns and melts it, and causing it to gutter, thus steals it away. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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Anagrams: THIEF IN A CANDLE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-e-f-h-i-i-l-n-n-t"
	-3 letters: acetanilide, annihilated.
	-4 letters: acetanilid, annihilate, chatelaine, incidental, indelicate, lanthanide.
	-5 letters: acetified, alienated, antialien, anticline, cadential, cantilena, celandine, channeled, chatelain, chieftain, decennial, defalcate, deficient, enchained, enchanted, enchilada, fatidical, financial, identical, infantile, inflected, inflicted, laciniate.
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