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Lunt vs Lint - What's the difference?

lunt | lint |

As nouns the difference between lunt and lint

is that lunt is a slow-burning match or torch while lint is a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.

lunt

English

Noun

(lunts)
  • A slow-burning match or torch.
  • * 1969 , Robert Nye, Tales I Told My Mother ,
  • Bent down and saw I was right. A lunt' up the bugger’s nose. A ' lunt ? said Doctor Copper. Almost as long as your left forefinger, yes, said his visitor. Still burning.
  • Smoke with flames, especially from a pipe.
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    lint

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds
  • clinging fuzzy fluff that accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc
  • the fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant
  • Derived terms

    * lint-free / lintfree

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