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Definition of Flamers
1. flamer [n] - See also: flamer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flamers
Literary usage of Flamers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kentucky Opinions by Kentucky Court of Appeals, John Morgan Chinn, J. K. Roberts, Charles Middleton McDonald, Daniel Woolsey Crockett, Kentucky law reporter (1907)
"... as the administrator of flamers, that although flamers only had title to 130
acres of the quarter section of 160 acres of land described in the deed ..."
2. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1872)
"The meeting was formed on the side facing Cockspur-street, and great pains were
taken, with indifferent success, to light the spot by means of the “ flamers ..."
3. The life and adventures of Valentine Vox, the ventriloquist by Henry Cockton (1854)
"I'll have some flamers, my boy, struck off; aye, and posted before you are up.
... The great magician beheld these flamers with delight, and when in the ..."
4. Historical Records of the British Army [Infantry] by Great Britain Adjutant-General's Office, Richard Cannon, Arthur Tupper (1881)
"These received them with " Hurrah here come the 'flamers' to join us," but by
way of reply the " flamers " gave them a volley, killing several, ..."
5. South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917 by Ernest Henry Shackleton (1920)
"10 boxes of flamers. 1 box of blue lights. 2 Primus stoves with spare parts and
prickers. 1 Nansen aluminium cooker. 6 sleeping bags. A few spare socks. ..."
6. Bulletin by National Electric Light Association (1911)
"A fair charge for flamers is from $9 to $10 each per month, burning from dusk to
midnight, with lamp, current, carbons, trimming and patrolling furnished by ..."
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