camp candlestick

obsolete

1. An empty bottle, due to its use as a candlestick in army camps. We found him passed out among myriad camp candlesticks. Clearly, the guys were drinking tonight—look at all these camp candlesticks. Come on, help me! We've got to get rid of all these camp candlesticks before the everyone else gets back.

2. A bayonet. He strapped his knife to his rifle as a sort of makeshift camp candlestick. If you weren't killed by the gunfire, chances were good you'd end up getting run through with a camp candlestick. These civilians, they're armed too. They've fashioned camp candlesticks and wouldn't hesitate to gore any of one us with them.