sparkie
Britishnoun
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The retail giant later apologised to the defiant sparkie, and said he is more than welcome to don his flat cap in its aisles - although whether he will be returning to Tesco remains to be seen.
From BBC
“But Buchalter was no cheese eater and wouldn’t squeal. On March 5, 1944, he went like a mensch to ‘Old Sparkie’ in Sing Sing.”
From New York Times
This was followed by the punch-making, where the tastes of six different and differing individuals were to be exclusively consulted in the self-same beverage; and lastly, the supper at night, when Sparkie, as he was familiarly called, towards evening grown quite exhausted, became the subject of unmitigated wrath and most unmeasured reprobation.
From Project Gutenberg
By-the-bye, Sparkie, what a mess you made of that pea-soup to-day!
From Project Gutenberg
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