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tinderbox

['tindəbnks] n
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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
mil., lingo Сайгон (MichaelBurov); опасное место (Вьетнам MichaelBurov)
obs. пороховница (Olga Okuneva)
tinderbox
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