DCHP-3

fire-works

Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n. pl.

flint and steel or other equipment for making a fire.

Quotations

1743
a bag to put fire works in . . . Skip pa to gan.
1822
The night was dark, and to make our situation as cheerless as possible, it was discovered that my companion had left his "fire-works" behind--a proof of his inexperience.