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sparkler
noun 5name 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
other
VERB + SPARKLER
waving
SPARKLER + NOUN
day, independence
Definitions
noun
1
Anything that sparkles.
And yet a married woman, possessing your attractions, shuts her eyes (and sparklers too), and goes and runs her delicate-formed head against a wall.
2
A hand-held firework that emits sparks.
The Playboy cover was of a girl in grey slacks and sandals, one hand on hip and the other waving a sparkler for Independence Day.
3
A gem or ornament that sparkles.
When the bill came, I got a side-glance at it, and hoped Rose would have to hock her sparklers to pay it.
4
A vivacious and charismatic person.
“As for Marilea, she was a sparkler. She was very effervescent. The family would often come out as a family unit when we were in the barnyard or the horse corral, and Marilea was just fine.”
5
A sparkling wine.
Irvine's white, a grape variety named for Hans Irvine, who developed the vineyards at Great Western (now owned by Seppelt), is frequently used in the Australian sparklers.
name
1
A galaxy in Volans constellation, in the areal region of SMACS J0723.3–7327 (SMACS 0723); at the time of discovery in 2022, containing some of the earliest known massive star clusters, globulars.
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noun — diamonds
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And yet a married woman, possessing your attractions, shuts her eyes (and sparklers too), and goes and runs her delicate-formed head against a wall.
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The Playboy cover was of a girl in grey slacks and sandals, one hand on hip and the other waving a sparkler for Independence Day.
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When the bill came, I got a side-glance at it, and hoped Rose would have to hock her sparklers to pay it.
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