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Roman candle   /rˈoʊmən kˈændəl/   Listen
Roman candle

noun
1.
A cylindrical firework that projects a series of colored balls of fire.






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"Roman candle" Quotes from Famous Books



... passing fad can, perhaps, be made to pass along a little faster, but it only makes room for another. True, "Punch" killed the craze for sunflowers and long necks; but then "Punch" invented it. It was merely made to be destroyed brilliantly, like a Chinese cracker or a Roman candle. Folly is older than "Punch's" jokes, and will survive them. Snobbery and self-seeking, pettiness and stupidity, envy, hate, and all uncharitableness, were no secret to the mummies in the British Museum. "Unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again." ...
— Without Prejudice • Israel Zangwill



Words linked to "Roman candle" :   firework, pyrotechnic



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