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tinderbox
/ ˈɪԻəˌɒ /
noun
- a box used formerly for holding tinder, esp one fitted with a flint and steel
- a person or thing that is particularly touchy or explosive
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of tinderbox1
Example Sentences
An early masterpiece, “Blood Knot” established a paradigm for Fugard, whose plays are distinguished by their small casts, static locations and tinderbox emotions.
After months of drought, Southern California was a tinderbox, one spark away from going up in flames.
The morning after the Eaton fire erupted, Erlich said, the inside of the Pasadena courthouse smelled like a “tinderbox” and was unsafe to work in.
When this weather pattern settles in, it’s not just a lack of precipitation that’s aggravating the drought: The atmosphere itself pulls water from soil, from vegetation, from everything, turning California’s landscape into a tinderbox.
Glasgow was known as the tinderbox city at that time, it was a disaster waiting to happen.
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