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- noun A
smoke detector
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- noun an alarm that is tripped off by fire or smoke
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bilby commented on the word smoke alarm
"Latvia's politics looks like a kitchen where the cooking is guided by the smoke alarm. It prevents catastrophe — but is no guarantee of edible food."
- 'The Latvian puzzle', economist.com, 5 June 2008.
September 16, 2008