Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A box in which tinder is kept ready for use, usually fitted with flint and steel, the steel being often secured to a lifting cover so that the flint, when struck against it, sends sparks upon the tinder within.
- noun By extension, some thing easily inflammable: as, the house was nothing but a tinder-box.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
tinder box .
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Examples
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While in some places like Saudi Arabia, where a high standard of living for its citizens keeps a similar situation from combusting, Tunisia's economy cannot keep this tinder-box from lighting as we are seeing.
David Nassar: Another Tragedy in Tunisia Signals Again the Need for Change David Nassar 2011
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While in some places like Saudi Arabia, where a high standard of living for its citizens keeps a similar situation from combusting, Tunisia's economy cannot keep this tinder-box from lighting as we are seeing.
David Nassar: Another Tragedy in Tunisia Signals Again the Need for Change David Nassar 2011
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While in some places like Saudi Arabia, where a high standard of living for its citizens keeps a similar situation from combusting, Tunisia's economy cannot keep this tinder-box from lighting as we are seeing.
David Nassar: Another Tragedy in Tunisia Signals Again the Need for Change David Nassar 2011
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While in some places like Saudi Arabia, where a high standard of living for its citizens keeps a similar situation from combusting, Tunisia's economy cannot keep this tinder-box from lighting as we are seeing.
David Nassar: Another Tragedy in Tunisia Signals Again the Need for Change David Nassar 2011
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Picking up the lamp, I fumbled in my pocket for a tinder-box, coming up with gloves only.
Virginity Sydney Kilgore 2010
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SI Analysis: Political, internal security and border tensions make Lebanon a tinder-box for conflict.
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet: Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup 2009
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The arrival of a nearly-dead man on May's doorstep could be the final spark that sets light to their tinder-box world.
New Book Releases for Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance and Fantasy – November 3, 2009 Donna 2009
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Back in October of 2008 I wrote this piece: Sarah Palin in engaging in tinder-box politics is a danger to our national security and you will see clear and concise evidence of how she was able to stoke the fires of hate and fear.
Our clear and present danger is Sarah Palin, Fox News and Rush Limbaugh 2009
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As we all know, she played tinder-box politics which could have done more harm to this country than any joke made by Letterman.
Our clear and present danger is Sarah Palin, Fox News and Rush Limbaugh 2009
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In so doing, Colin Powell put country first before party politics and if that angers Pat Buchanan who saw him as abandoning the Republican Party: His opinion should fall on deaf ears as McCain and Palin played tinder-box politics given the fact that Americans are already under immense financial and emotional stress.
Colin Powell put country first in his endorsement of Barack Obama 2008
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