tindery
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of tindery
Example Sentences
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Crashing through tindery bamboo thickets and dry rice paddies, the tanks raised clouds of dust, scaring the paddy birds and parrots.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he heard of the revolution in America against the tyranny of George III, his tindery ambition blazed.
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The tindery old clapboards went up with a roar.
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.*
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Often big trees die from no apparent cause, and the wood becoming dry and tindery, the limbs crash to the ground suddenly, and in a few months the whole substance disappears in dust and mould.
From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
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