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sparklet

American  
[spahrk-lit] / ˈspɑrk lɪt /

noun

  1. a small spark.

  2. something small that glitters like a spark.


Etymology

Origin of sparklet

First recorded in 1680–90; spark 1 + -let

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The usual water bag and syphon were suspended at his elbow above sparklet and brandy bottles, and a box of cigars.

From Witch-Doctors by Charles Beadle

If a gas is shaken up in a liquid the process of absorption of the bubbles is also accelerated by capillary action, as occurs in an ordinary sparklet bottle.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

Through this the scattered tents gleamed white, here and there a tiny sparklet showed where some digger was preparing his evening meal.

From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by W. C. (William Charles) Scully

In an earlier poem he had voiced the longing that he might write Some simple strain, some spirit-moving lay, Some sparklet of the soul that still might live When I was passed to clay....

From The Story of Our Hymns by Ernest Edwin Ryden

And then, of course, such things as your sparklet siphons and lime juice require careful packing-and your champagne.

From The Land of Footprints by Stewart Edward White

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