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flambeau

[flam-boh] / ˈflæm boʊ /
NOUN
candle
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He and friends played hide-and-seek in nearby brush but never saw the flambeau lit.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2021

En faisant briller un c�t� du flambeau, celui qui d�senchante l'homme de lui-m�me, il �clipse l'autre, celui qui montre � l'homme dans le ciel sa force, son appui, et l'espoir d'une r�g�n�ration.

From Notes and Queries, Number 232, April 8, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various

It was a weird and curious picture presented by the group on the pier,—the blazing, flickering flambeau casting flashes upon the many faces, and all surrounded by deep shadows and darkness.

From Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands by Ballou, Maturin Murray

After another rain the bare flambeau trees would burst into fiery bloom.

From San Crist?bal de la Habana by Hergesheimer, Joseph

Bobby, under the flambeau of red hair, dreamed at the fish.

From What Rough Beast? by Highe, Jefferson