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flashtube

American

[flash-toob, -tyoob] / ˈflæʃˌtub, -ˌtjub /

Or flash tube

noun

Photography.

electronic flash.

Etymology

Origin of flashtube

First recorded in 1940–45; flash + tube

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flashtube

Pratt and his wife, Heidi Montag, are a couple whose bond was forged in the crucible of a paparazzo’s flashtube.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 17, 2019

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