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fire
noun- matches or a cigarette lighter US, 1959
- — Judi Sanders, Mashing and Munching in Ames, p. 7, 1994
- a detonator UK
- When the keyhole is threequarters full [with gelignite] you insert the “fire”[.] — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 28, 1956
- a sexually transmitted infection NORFOLK ISLAND
- — Beryl Nobbs Palmer, A Dictionary of Norfolk Words and Usages, p. 14, 1992
- a combination of crack cocaine and methamphetamine UK, 1998
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 293, 2003
- a running car engine US
Usually in the context of a comment such as “your fire went out” when a motorist shuts off his engine. - — American Speech, p. 268, December 1962: “The language of traffic policemen”
- a car heater NEW ZEALAND
- — David McGill, David McGill’s Complete Kiwi Slang Dictionary, p. 49, 1998
▶ I wouldn’t spit on him (her) if he (she) was on fire; I wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire
I detest him (her) UK- I wouldn’t spit on a copper if he was on fire. — British Journal of Photography, 1 June 1979
▶ on fire
(used of a homosexual) patently, obviously US
As in FLAMING.- — Kevin Dilallo, The Unofficial Gay Manual, p. 243, 1994
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