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Sparking plug   /spˈɑrkɪŋ pləg/   Listen
Sparking plug

noun
1.
Electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark.  Synonyms: plug, spark plug.






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"Sparking plug" Quotes from Famous Books



... again. You know, it seems marvellous, though I don't suppose it's any more so than many other inventions. But to think of that chap, nearly thirteen thousand feet in the air, actually talking to us down on the earth while he was wrestling with a battery or sparking plug, or something! Think of him sitting in the midst of that mass of metal and fabric, between the two thundering engines, doing six things at once, rushing along at sixty miles an hour, alone, magnificently alone, ...
— Aliens • William McFee



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