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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CORSE CANDLE, n. comb. = corp-candle, see Corp, n., 3 (1).Slk. a.1835 Hogg Tales (1837) II. 351:
There's a corse candle in Crake's Moss, and I'll be a dead man before the morning.