Phrase guide
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noun
A mixture of chemicals (including nitre, sulfur and antimony) used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries for night-time signaling and general illumination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
A New England federalist, who opposed the Anglo-American War of 1812; (loosely), a federalist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, colloquial, countable, historical, uncountable
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noun
A flashing light, usually fitted to an emergency vehicle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue, light.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
To travel quickly in a police or ambulance vehicle with the lightbar (and possibly the siren) activated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive
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History
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Across languages
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