candlebomb

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English

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Etymology

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From candle +‎ bomb.

Noun

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candlebomb (plural candlebombs)

  1. A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam.
  2. A pasteboard shell used in signaling, filled with a substance which makes a brilliant light when it explodes.
    • 1879, Albert James Myer, A Manual of Signals:
      sounds of guns , trumpets , bells , drums , steam - blasts , whistles , flights of rockets , explosions of candlebombs, etc.

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