camp candlestick

camp candlestick

1. obsolete An empty bottle, due to its use as a candlestick in army camps. We found him passed out among myriad camp candlesticks.
2. obsolete A bayonet. He strapped his knife to his rifle as a sort of makeshift camp candlestick.
See also: camp, candlestick
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • candlestick
  • autem cackler
  • turn about
  • mot
  • autem mort
  • be kicked to the curb
  • curb
  • get kicked to the curb
  • sham
  • end up in the knacker's yard