firebug
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How to use firebug in a sentence
I've been over that thing time and time again, and I've felt like I was sort of a firebug myself sometimes.
Cap'n Eri | Joseph Crosby LincolnThe car was still there, but there was no sign of the firebug.
Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol | Henry Harley ArnoldI saw one of them enter the old barn and wondered if the firebug was armed.
Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol | Henry Harley ArnoldAs he flashed by, the firebug raised his head and shook his fist at the plane.
Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol | Henry Harley ArnoldIf she did, shes getting to be a regular little firebug, said Chet.
The Girls of Central High | Gertrude W. Morrison
British Dictionary definitions for firebug
/ (ˈfaɪəˌbʌɡ) /
informal a person who deliberately sets fire to property
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