Definitions
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- noun a fire for cooking
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Examples
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And the cookfire flames retreated into the soundproof cellar of ashes.
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She spoke to him as they sat around the small cookfire.
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With that, he dropped to his haunches and set about building a cookfire.
Stalling 2010
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Like Les Stroud, Knowles did not need a camera crew with him, but sent dispatches and drawings to the media written with his cookfire charcoal on birch bark.
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Mudge detached the catch from his waist and tossed the limp forms near the cookfire.
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The day of Kudra's fifteenth natal anniversary began like any other, with a predawn bath in the river, followed by prayers to Kali and an offering of clarified butter in the courtyard cookfire.
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Legs himself grabbed a burning branch from the nearest cookfire and headed out toward the circle of waggons.
NaBloPoMo: Deuce Baggins, Private Eye, chapter 12 Johnny Pez 2009
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Legs himself grabbed a burning branch from the nearest cookfire and headed out toward the circle of waggons.
Archive 2009-11-01 Johnny Pez 2009
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Someone kicked the cookfire awake and sent up a fountain of sparks.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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Someone kicked the cookfire awake and sent up a fountain of sparks.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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