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单词 to smell of the candle
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to smell of the candle
P5. to smell of the candle: i.e. of work by night, of close and prolonged study. Obsolete.
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1604 S. Hieron Preachers Plea in Wks. (1620) I. 504 If that bee commendation..for a mans labours to smell of the candle. (Cf. [see lamp n.1]. )
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