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firework

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firework
a device, such as a Catherine wheel, Roman candle, or rocket, in which combustible materials are ignited and produce coloured flames, sparks, and smoke, sometimes accompanied by bangs


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No, not since nature had given them the splendid sight of a cosmical meteor bursting from expansion, since this inimitable firework, which no Ruggieri could imitate, had lit up for some seconds the invisible glory of the moon.
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
Home, please uncle; and I thank you very very much for the beautiful firework you got up for me.
Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
In watching his face, I made quite a firework of the Aged's sausage, and greatly discomposed both my own attention and Wemmick's; for which I apologized.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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