sparkler

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
sparkler
    n 1: diamonds; "look at the ice on that dame!" [syn: {ice},
         {sparkler}]
    2: a firework that burns slowly and throws out a shower of
       sparks
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sparkler \Spar"kler\, n.
   One who scatters; esp., one who scatters money; an
   improvident person. [Obs.]
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sparkler \Spar"kler\, n.
   One who, or that which, sparkles.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sparkler \Spar"kler\, n. (Zool.)
   A tiger beetle.
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