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firebug

[fahyuhr-buhg] / ˈfaɪərˌbʌg /
NOUN
person who sets fires
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In other words, we were all little firebugs at one point in our young lives.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2015

No special treat for normal moviegoers, Tulsa is unmistakably a must for all firebugs.

From Time Magazine Archive

The woodland firebugs are not daft in the sense that their urban colleagues are.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some long-range fire prevention was needed and perhaps some punishment of firebugs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not with the fire department, which would know right away it was arson and dismiss it as another case of pyromania in a neighborhood crawling with firebugs.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez




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