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Definition of Fireflies
1. firefly [n] - See also: firefly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fireflies
Literary usage of Fireflies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"LM HOSKINS STANFORD UNIVERSITY, September 16, 1916 FLASHING OF fireflies To THE
EDITOR OF SCIENCE : The notes by Mr. Edward S. Morse in SCIENCE for February ..."
2. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"fireflies IN THE CORN A -woman taunts her lover: Look at the little darlings in the
... And those bright fireflies wafting in between And over the swaying ..."
3. A Treasury of English Prose edited by Logan Pearsall Smith (1920)
"fireflies FONTE BRANDA I last saw with Charles Norton, under the same arches
where Dante saw it. We drank of it together, and walked together that evening ..."
4. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"See fireflies Fire pots . Order of the Board of railway commissioners for Canada,
describing regulations to be adopted by railway companies for the ..."
5. Some Imagist Poets: An Anthology by Richard Aldington (1915)
"And those bright fireflies wafting in between And over the swaying cornstalks,
just above All their dark'feathered helmets, like little green Stars come low ..."
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