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Build a sconce is slang for run up a score.
Candle (shortened from candle sconce) is London Cockney rhyming slang for a pimp.
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.
The head, pate.
Candle sconce is London Cockney rhyming slang for a pimp (ponce).
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p. p.
A squinch.
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.
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.
A fortification, or work for defense; a fort.
v. t.
To mulct; to fine.
p. p.
A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
p. p.
Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion.
p. p.
A fixed seat or shelf.
v. t.
To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal.
v. t.
To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.
n.
See Sconce.
p. p.
A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
imp. & p. p.
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p. pr. & vb. n.
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p. p.
A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
p. p.
A fragment of a floe of ice.
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