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Candle (shortened from candle sconce) is London Cockney rhyming slang for a pimp.
The head, pate.
Build a sconce is slang for run up a score.
Candle sconce is London Cockney rhyming slang for a pimp (ponce).
a tin back for a lamp or candlestick; also the head of a person
Sconce was Oxford university slang for a fine imposed for a breach of university discipline. It is now a challenge to an undergraduate to drink a tankard of beer in one draught as a penalty for a minor misdemeanour such as a breach of etiquette.Sconce is slang for the head, the skull and also, brains, sense and discretion.
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up sconce in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sconce may refer to: Sconce (fortification), a military fortification Sconce (light fixture) Sconcing, imposing
A sconce or wall light is a decorative light fixture that is mounted to a wall. The sconce is a very old form of fixture, historically used with candles
Sconcing is a tradition at Oxford University of demanding that a person drink a tankard of ale or some other alcoholic beverage as a penalty for some breach
A sconce is a small protective fortification, such as an earthwork, often placed on a mound as a defensive work for artillery. It was used primarily in
Sconce is a professor and cultural historian of media and film. He is a professor in the Screen Cultures program at Northwestern University. Sconce has
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Sconce and Devon Park is a park in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England. It is the location of Queen's sconce, an earthwork fortification that was built in
Jerry Sconce is a former American football coach and convicted criminal. He was the fifth head football coach at Azusa Pacific College—now known as Azusa
The Assault on Eda sconce was an incident on 11 February 1658, when a Norwegian force under Michael Opitz attacked the Swedish Sconce at Eda. The Norwegians
become part of Fort Victoria Country Park. Fort Victoria is situated on Sconce Point west of Yarmouth. Its position overlooks the whole of the Needles
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p. p.
A fixed seat or shelf.
v. t.
To mulct; to fine.
p. p.
A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
v. t.
To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal.
p. p.
A squinch.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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v. t.
To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.
p. p.
A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
p. p.
Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted.
p. p.
A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick.
p. p.
Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion.
n.
A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon.
p. p.
A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
imp. & p. p.
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n.
See Sconce.
p. p.
A fortification, or work for defense; a fort.
p. p.
A fragment of a floe of ice.
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