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  • noun Plural form of sparkler.

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Examples

  • Among the sparklers were a 62.72-carat bracelet and a 31.58-carat pair of earrings from the Mrs. Winston collection.

    News - latimes.com Brill Bundy 2012

  • She had slipped her bared arms into the armholes of the sleeveless white "fluff-and-flimsy" evening frock, and the "sparklers" of the low-cut bodice now framed her blue-print clad shoulders with an astonishing effect of incongruity.

    Under the Country Sky Frances [Illustrator] Rogers 1912

  • Decker, expert "box men," and Leopold Pretzfelder, a jeweller downtown, who manipulated the "sparklers" and other ornaments collected by the working trio.

    Rolling Stones O. Henry 1886

  • The law allows the sale of consumer fireworks such as sparklers, snakes and pinwheels, all of which stay on the ground.

    azcentral.com | news 2010

  • Hobbes woud be appalled, I think, to see the power of the state extended into nonsensical things like, for example, laws that prohibit the use of "sparklers" since it clearly infringes on personal freedoms.

    "BANPC" via James Bow in Google Reader 2010

  • The bill would make it legal to buy, sell, and use certain fireworks such as sparklers and poppers.

    News for turnto10.com 2010

  • Devices such as sparklers, fountains, roman candles and novelties accounted for 40 percent of injuries; and firecrackers caused 18 percent of injuries.

    The Richmond Register Homepage 2010

  • The law allows the sale of consumer fireworks such as sparklers, snakes and pinwheels, all of which stay on the ground.

    azcentral.com | news 2010

  • Pennsylvania law allows residents to use ground-based fireworks such as sparklers and noise makers.

    phillyBurbs.com: Home RSS feed 2010

  • Hobbes woud be appalled, I think, to see the power of the state extended into nonsensical things like, for example, laws that prohibit the use of "sparklers" since it clearly infringes on personal freedoms.

    "BANPC" via James Bow in Google Reader 2010

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