Re: What do you call this?
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:40 pm
I'd call the old-style torch a "burning brand" if I had to make it clear that it wasn't an electric torch. Another possibility is 'flaming torch'. I used to think a 'flashlight' was a particularly brilliant type of torch, perhaps an arc light, rather than the feeble type of (electric) torch or bicycle headlamp I am familiar with. I am also acquainted with acetylene torches for welding and blowtorches for stripping paint.
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I'd call the tin a 'biscuit tin', unless the primary function of the one in question was as a 'cake tin'.
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I'd call the tin a 'biscuit tin', unless the primary function of the one in question was as a 'cake tin'.