joss stick
a slender stick of a dried, fragrant paste, burned by the Chinese as incense before a joss.
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How to use joss stick in a sentence
It was distinctly nervous work however, and Olivia started back, as her husband set the joss stick fizzling.
The Mandarin's Fan | Fergus HumeFor quite ten minutes Ainsleigh continued waving, until the joss stick burnt down nearly to the root.
The Mandarin's Fan | Fergus HumeThen he looked again, Olivia placed the still fizzling joss stick in the fender, and peered over his shoulder.
The Mandarin's Fan | Fergus HumeIt must have been Hwei who came to the Abbey on the night my aunt was killed and dropped the joss stick.
The Mandarin's Fan | Fergus HumeEvidently he is not acquainted with the peculiar smell of a joss stick.
Number Seventeen | Louis Tracy
British Dictionary definitions for joss stick
a stick of dried perfumed paste, giving off a fragrant odour when burnt as incense
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