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Examples
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He seemed to have got hold of an idea that had not struck the squib-like boy downstairs, who was entertaining the taxi-driver with descriptions of the domestic life of the Sacks.
Christopher and Columbus Elizabeth von Arnim 1903
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For after this first squib-like conflagration of the dry moss and twigs, there remains behind a deep-rooted and consuming fire in the very entrails of the tree.
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That the effect on Bones was tremendous was evinced by the squib-like action of his pipe, as it flew into the air, and the stumbling clatter of his feet, as he rushed blindly from the spot.
Post Haste 1859
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David, I'm, blanking on films with tarot readings but imagining there must be a fair share of horror-style movies with at least squib-like related scenes.
DC's Dennis Cooper 2010
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Cheever's prison novel, "Falconer," feels unredeemably sordid, and his short, final one, "Oh What a Paradise It Seems," written when he was near death, is more squib-like than substantial.
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