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"etymology_text": "A verbal form of Roman candle.",
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"form": "Roman-candles",
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"form": "Roman-candling",
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"ref": "1990, Michael Asher, Shoot to Kill: A Soldier's Journey Through Violence, page 189:",
"text": "His canopy had snagged on the tailplane of the aircraft, causing him to Roman-candle into the rocky desert ground.",
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},
{
"ref": "2005, Alec Brew, Aircraft Down: Forced Landings, Crash Landings and Rescues:",
"text": "Luckily, the seat parted company enough for his parachute to Roman-candle, and almost immediately he crashed through a tree.",
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},
{
"ref": "2014, Christopher Buckley, But Enough About You: Essays, page 428:",
"text": "Ronald Reagan went on TV hours after the space shuttle Challenger tragically Roman-candled over Florida and said, \"The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.\"",
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"(figuratively, intransitive) To move from or spin away in the manner of a Roman candle."
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"ref": "1956, Variety, volume 201, number 5, page 100:",
"text": "[…] Roman candled to fame in Gertrude Lawrence's legit musical, \"Lady In The Dark,\" which put Freud in grease-paint.",
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},
{
"ref": "1965 March 6, “WPIX Show Will Host Coast Artists”, in Billboard, volume 77, number 10, page 48:",
"text": "Murry (the K) Kaufman, whose seven-year \"Swingin' Soiree\" Roman-candled Saturday (27), has taped a pilot for the station.",
"type": "quote"
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"To achieve or attain fame or success quickly and rapidly."
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"(figuratively, intransitive) To achieve or attain fame or success quickly and rapidly."
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"ref": "1974, Holiday, page 30:",
"text": "Despite the severe shortage of goose-bump manufacturers of late in our jaded, weary world, music never fails to roman-candle the spine.",
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},
{
"ref": "1983, Tony Kornheiser, The Baby Chase, page 124:",
"text": "I was Roman candling with less frequency; the more accustomed to the chase I became, the less manic I acted.",
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},
{
"ref": "2009, Julie Anne Long, Like No Other Lover:, page 6:",
"text": "And then absurd notions roman-candled in his mind.",
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"To light up with excitement that lacks of focus or direction."
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"etymology_text": "A verbal form of Roman candle.",
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"ref": "1990, Michael Asher, Shoot to Kill: A Soldier's Journey Through Violence, page 189:",
"text": "His canopy had snagged on the tailplane of the aircraft, causing him to Roman-candle into the rocky desert ground.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2005, Alec Brew, Aircraft Down: Forced Landings, Crash Landings and Rescues:",
"text": "Luckily, the seat parted company enough for his parachute to Roman-candle, and almost immediately he crashed through a tree.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2014, Christopher Buckley, But Enough About You: Essays, page 428:",
"text": "Ronald Reagan went on TV hours after the space shuttle Challenger tragically Roman-candled over Florida and said, \"The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.\"",
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"ref": "1956, Variety, volume 201, number 5, page 100:",
"text": "[…] Roman candled to fame in Gertrude Lawrence's legit musical, \"Lady In The Dark,\" which put Freud in grease-paint.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1965 March 6, “WPIX Show Will Host Coast Artists”, in Billboard, volume 77, number 10, page 48:",
"text": "Murry (the K) Kaufman, whose seven-year \"Swingin' Soiree\" Roman-candled Saturday (27), has taped a pilot for the station.",
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"ref": "1974, Holiday, page 30:",
"text": "Despite the severe shortage of goose-bump manufacturers of late in our jaded, weary world, music never fails to roman-candle the spine.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1983, Tony Kornheiser, The Baby Chase, page 124:",
"text": "I was Roman candling with less frequency; the more accustomed to the chase I became, the less manic I acted.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Julie Anne Long, Like No Other Lover:, page 6:",
"text": "And then absurd notions roman-candled in his mind.",
"type": "quote"
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"word": "Roman candle"
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{
"word": "roman-candle"
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"word": "roman candle"
},
{
"word": "Roman Candle"
}
],
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