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flicker

/ˈflɪkɚ/ noun C1
  1. An unsteady flash of light. (countable, uncountable) · the flicker of the dying candle· the flicker of an old movie
  2. A short moment. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) · a flicker of emotion· a flicker of hope

Plural flickers

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And flickers on the backs of books.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 18 · C1
See some light in the darkness, but it may possibly flicker out.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 15 · B2
That day by the pond had witnessed its last spasmodic flicker.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 252 · C1

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