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spark

/ˈspɑɹk/ noun C2
  1. A gallant; a foppish young man.
  2. A beau, lover.

Plural sparks

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At first it was but a lurid spark upon the stone pavement.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 29 · B2
Then it was withdrawn as suddenly as it appeared, and all was dark again save the single lurid spark which marked a chink between the stones.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 29 · B2
Phillips said Minnie Andrews was a model pupil and there isn’t a spark of imagination or life in her.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 127 · C1
I rubbed one of them on my sleeve, however, and it glowed afterwards like a spark in the dark hollow of my hand.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 26 · B2

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