Can″dle‐wast′er (?), n. One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation.
A bookworm, a candlewaster.
B. Jonson.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.