firecracker

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing

From fire + cracker.

Newspaper headlines exploding like firecrackers on the corners. — Erik Dorn, Ben Hecht
"Do you remember how I set off that giant firecracker?" — The Rover Boys on the Farm; or, Last Days at Putnam Hall, Edward Stratemeyer
All the lonely months of denial burst like firecrackers between her legs. — I am a woman, Ann Bannon

cracker, banger

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