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tinderbox ['tindəbnks] nstresses
gen. огниво (Errandir)
amer. "пороховая бочка" (a figure of speech; a potentially explosive situation: the city has been a tinderbox ever since racial profiling became an issue Val_Ships)
fig. пороховая бочка (Pickman); очаг напряжённости (grafleonov); взрывоопасная ситуация (Bullfinch)
hist. трутница
obs. пороховница (Olga Okuneva)
tinderbox: 2 phrases in 1 subject
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