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turf-fires

turf-fires is the plural of turf-fire.

Meaning of turf-fire

Noun

turf-fire (plural turf-fires)

  1. A fire fuelled by dried peat turves.
    • One of his men offered to sit up, and try to discover who it was that did it; and, having kindled a good turf-fire, sat by it to watch. Sleep, however, overcame him, and when he awoke about midnight, he saw sitting opposite him a rough shaggy being.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 396

Questions about turf-fires

What is turf-fires the plural of?
Turf-fires is the plural of turf-fire.

Words near turf-fires in the dictionary

  1. turf toe
  2. turf toes
  3. turf war
  4. turf wars
  5. turf-fire
  6. turf-fires
  7. turf-roof
  8. turf-roofed
  9. turf-roofs
  10. turfage
  11. Turfan

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