tindery
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of tindery
Example Sentences
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When he heard of the revolution in America against the tyranny of George III, his tindery ambition blazed.
From Time Magazine Archive
As winds sprang up along the tindery countryside, every chimney spark, every pile of smoldering leaves, every discarded cigarette seemed to explode into a forest fire.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fire broke out in "Tempo No. 4" quartering the Federal Trade Commission, burned savagely for three hours, gutted the tindery building, injured 20 firemen, destroyed countless Government files and documents.*
From Time Magazine Archive
No; this time the Agriculture Department wants no radishy "Victory Gardens" in tindery back yards.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sapless age makes it tindery, and the decaying fibre descends in dust—glissades of dust which form moraines within the hollow of the base.
From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
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