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  • noun Plural form of flashpot.

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Examples

  • Former burn victim Hetfield, it should be noted, did not flinch as the flashpots went off.

    Bonnaroo 08: My Morning Friday (oh, and those Metallica dudes, too) | EW.com 2008

  • American tourists storming the beach at Dunkirk, then falling down on cue when the flashpots go off.

    Archive 2006-10-22 Rogers 2006

  • American tourists storming the beach at Dunkirk, then falling down on cue when the flashpots go off.

    Lunch Conversations #463: The T-Shirt Sales Alone ... Rogers 2006

  • Don Juan disappears in a blaze of flashpots, dragged to hell by a statue.

    Fall On Your Knees Macdonald Ann-Marie 1996

  • Don Juan disappears in a blaze of flashpots, dragged to hell by a statue.

    Fall On Your Knees Macdonald Ann-Marie 1996

  • And Metallica's two-hour-plus set earned its top billing, with lasers, flashpots and fireworks; every member of the band performed proprietary stage-prances, individual solos and strategic crowd-pumping.

    NYT > Home Page By BEN RATLIFF 2011

  • A dozen flashpots, including one above the stage, walls of light and the best laser show this side of Pink Floyd completed the visual extravaganza.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • And the special effects, well, there was almost as many flamethrowers, flashpots and fireworks as Kiss used at the fair last year.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • Okay, Milwaukee rockers, put on your best sequined jumpsuit, prep the flashpots and smoke ...

    OnMilwaukee.com 2010

  • That would take more than a couple of flashpots. it looks like some one is trying to spin this event to keep the domestic tranquility.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2009

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