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Nov 30, 2009
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fire-eat•er



Pronunciation: (fīur'ē"tur), [key]
—n.
1. an entertainer who pretends to eat fire.
2. an easily provoked, belligerent person.
3. U.S. Hist.an early and extreme Southern advocate of secession before the Civil War.

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