Usually means: Paper used to ignite fireworks.
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  1. touch-paper: Wordnik
  2. touch-paper: Wiktionary
  3. Touch-paper: Dictionary.com
  4. Touch-paper: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. touch-paper: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Touch-paper: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. touch-paper: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Touch-paper: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (touch-paper)

▸ noun:  a strip of paper impregnated with nitre, used as a fuse for firing gunpowder, fireworks etc.

Similar:
touchpaper, gun-paper, gunpaper, fuse, portfire, quick match, touchbox, touch-needle, patch, firecracker, more...

Opposite:
untouchable, nonflammable, fireproof

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Similar:
touchpaper, gun-paper, gunpaper, fuse, portfire, quick match, touchbox, touch-needle, patch, firecracker, more...

Opposite:
untouchable, nonflammable, fireproof



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