| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Inch of Candle | Literature | 1: "Down were tumbled miracle and martyr, 2: (Sold by). A sale by auction. Instead of the hammer of the auctioneer concluding the bids, the purchaser was the last bidder before the candle went out. Another plan is to stick a pin in a candle, and when the pin drops down, the sale of the article is concluded. 3: Peter Pindar: Lyric Odes, xiii. 4: Put up in lots, and sold by inch of candle." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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