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Alternative form of backarapper [(West Midlands) A firework made from multiple firecrackers folded together so that they will explode one after the other.]
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(Sussex) A night several days before Bonfire Night in which members of a bonfire society congregate at their headquarters (usually a pub) to be initiated with the current year's badges and receive information on the upcoming event.
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(Sussex) a male participating in bonfire celebrations.
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(UK) Synonym of Guy Fawkes Night
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(Britain) A hard and brittle toffee associated with Halloween and Guy Fawkes Night (or Bonfire Night).
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(Australia) Synonym of Guy Fawkes Night
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(obsolete) An alchemist.
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The act of watching for the occurrence of fires, for example during wartime bombing raids or in forested areas in hot and dry conditions.
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Alternative form of fire devil [Synonym of fire whirl]
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A performer who pretends to swallow fire.
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Alternative form of fire-breathing [(of a fabled animal, such as a dragon) That shoots fire from the mouth or nostrils]
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(Scouting) An award in the Boy Scouts of America which confers the rights to start, tend and use campfires.
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(very rare) Alternative form of fire-raiser (arsonist) [(Britain) An arsonist.]
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(UK) Synonym of Guy Fawkes Night
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(Britain) Bonfire Night.
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Alternative spelling of flame war [(Internet) An argument consisting entirely or largely of flames by various parties that serve only to escalate the dispute.]
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The front stick of a fire in a hearth.
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(Britain) A failed plot, in November 1605, to kill the Protestant king James I of England and VI of Scotland, and to blow up the House of Lords using gunpowder, annually commemorated on Guy Fawkes Day.
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(Britain) An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
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(intransitive) To celebrate Guy Fawkes Night.
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(UK) Synonym of Guy Fawkes Night, the associated revelry, traditionally including bonfires, fireworks, and the burning in effigy of the pope, Guy Fawkes, and/or the Devil.
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(Britain) The revelry on Guy Fawkes Day (the 5th of November) in commemoration of the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, traditionally including the burning of effigies of the pope, Guy Fawkes, and/or the Devil.
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(UK) The night before Bonfire Night.
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(US, dated) A kind of dynamite used in blasting.
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Alternative form of spit fire [A cooking fire with a spit over it.]
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(slang) A microwave oven.
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