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Word: sparkler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...roared her lord," being an excellent example. And the delightful little gesture about the man who abridged in Bridgeport. That has flavor. And the characters enjoy a certain spiciness, perhaps the sparkler of impossibility. For aside from the old mother who was so very wise and middle western and the stage manager with a penchant for odd books, they move and have their being in a rather crude and unusual fashion--being more romantic than classic, much more...

Author: By Donald S. Gibbs, | Title: More About the Theatre | 3/13/1926 | See Source »

...Dussard gave a demonstration of "cold light." In the presence of famed members of the Academic des Sciences, he touched the wires of his 2,000-candle-power electric lamp and was no more harmed than if he had exposed his hand to the fiery spray of a holiday "sparkler." No shock nor burn resulted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Cold Light? | 7/14/1924 | See Source »

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