"soot ball" meaning in All languages combined

See soot ball on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: soot balls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} soot ball (plural soot balls)
  1. Alternative form of sootball Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sootball
    Sense id: en-soot_ball-en-noun-MS55Au03 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1998, Mary Costello, Titanic Town, page 35:",
          "text": "He looked up from the book and spat into the back of the fire, sending soot balls down on the flames.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Alexandra Morton, Listening to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us, →ISBN, page 128:",
          "text": "Every third day it spewed out soot balls that left black smears wherever they fell.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 -, Alexandra Morton, Billy Proctor, Heart of the Raincoast: A Life Story, →ISBN, page 102:",
          "text": "When enough collects, the stove is starved for oxygen and the flame goes out in a spawn of tiny, velvety, soot balls from every crack.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2008, Alexandra Morton, Listening to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us, →ISBN, page 128:",
          "text": "Every third day it spewed out soot balls that left black smears wherever they fell.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2016 -, Alexandra Morton, Billy Proctor, Heart of the Raincoast: A Life Story, →ISBN, page 102:",
          "text": "When enough collects, the stove is starved for oxygen and the flame goes out in a spawn of tiny, velvety, soot balls from every crack.",
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