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Definition of Belfast confetti
1. Noun. screws, bolts, and nails that were placed in IRA bombs as shrapnel ¹
2. Noun. (slang) screws, bolts, and metal shop scrap used by Protestant rioters, in particular workers at the Harland and Wolff shipyards, as missiles against their Catholic neighbors. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com