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| sconce [ skonss ] (plural sconc·es) |
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candleholder: a wall bracket for holding candles or, sometimes, electric light bulbs
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| [14th century. < Old French esconse< medieval Latin absconsa (laterna) "hidden (lantern)" < abscondere (see abscond)] |
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