fire balloon
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fire balloon
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Winds gusting through a vast tinderbox of undergrowth made the fire balloon in size and merge with a smaller blaze.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
Then Nan had a big fire balloon that she sent up, and they watched it until it was out of sight, away over the pond and clear out of Meadow Brook.
From The Bobbsey Twins in the Country by Hope, Laura Lee
A religious Order is like a fire balloon, which requires four conditions in order to rise into the clouds amidst the applause of the spectators.
From Fraternal Charity by Valuy, Benôit
This took place at Edinburgh in a fire balloon.
From The Mastery of the Air by Claxton, William J.
Instantly it burst into a flare of crimson fire, hanging aloft as though it were a fire balloon, and lighting up road and creek and bushes and fields with a brilliant strontium glare.
From The Dark Star by Stevens, William Dodge
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