Squibs
[skwibz]
Examples
- Squibs and crackers were thrown about. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In time, rockets, squibs and torpedoes were included in the consignment, but it was not until the middle of the nineteenth century that their use became general in America. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If they succeed, the squibs are discharged and the bull races madly about the arena. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I am sorry for the loss of the _squibs_. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- They try to fasten on the bull their _banderillas_--barbed darts ornamented with colored paper, and often having squibs or crackers attached. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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