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cinder patch

American  

noun

Metallurgy.

  1. a defect on steel caused by the accidental picking up of matter, as from the bottom of a soaking pit.

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Cupid awaking in a cinder patch.

From Project Gutenberg

Back to their troubles and their cinder patch, but—and this is a curious fact—their eyes gleam with hope and curiosity.

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On a hot day the city is as appealing as a half-cooled cinder patch.

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