# miners safety candlestick

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A hand-forged iron tool used as a portable candle holder, most notably by miners to light their way in shafts; the spike of the tool could be driven into a wooden support frame or crack; known colloquially as a Sticking Tommy or Tommy Stick.

## Etymology
From miners + safety + candlestick. Patented in 1872 by Theodore A. Washburn of Gold Hill, Nevada.

## Source
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