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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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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
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
But the Scarecrow did not mind how long it took him to fill the basket, for it enabled him to keep away from the fire, as he feared a spark might get into his straw and burn him up.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 38 · B2
How would you like to be told that you are fat and clumsy and probably hadn’t a spark of imagination in you?
Anne of Green Gables, p. 65 · C1

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