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All locofoco synonyms

Lo·co·fo·co
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noun locofoco

  • safety match — a match designed to ignite only when rubbed on a specially prepared surface.
  • congreve — William. 1670–1729, English dramatist, a major exponent of Restoration comedy; author of Love for Love (1695) and The Way of the World (1700)
  • fusee — a wooden friction match having a large head, formerly used when a larger than normal flame was needed.
  • lucifer match — friction match.
  • vesta — the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
  • vesuvian — of, relating to, or resembling Mount Vesuvius; volcanic.
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