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joss stick
noun
- a slender stick of a dried, fragrant paste, burned by the Chinese as incense before a joss.
joss stick
noun
- a stick of dried perfumed paste, giving off a fragrant odour when burnt as incense
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Word History and Origins
Origin of joss stick1
First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences
It was distinctly nervous work however, and Olivia started back, as her husband set the joss stick fizzling.
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For quite ten minutes Ainsleigh continued waving, until the joss stick burnt down nearly to the root.
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Then he looked again, Olivia placed the still fizzling joss stick in the fender, and peered over his shoulder.
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It must have been Hwei who came to the Abbey on the night my aunt was killed and dropped the joss stick.
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Evidently he is not acquainted with the peculiar smell of a joss stick.
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