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Candlewaster

Candlewaster \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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candlewaster

n. (context obsolete English) One who consumes candles by staying up late.