Here's a squib from the publisher's page about the book. From Wordnik.com. [Books] Reference
That's the smallest squib on the front page today. From Wordnik.com. [Wood War! Who Wins Today's Grabby Tabloid Battle For Your Eyeballs?] Reference
Prepare for a damp squib -- albeit an expensive one. From Wordnik.com. [Europe's Shaky Stimulus Plan] Reference
His well-prepared surprise was nothing but a damp squib. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret in Holland]
Up goes the copper like a squib, and us on both our backs. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 403, December 5, 1829] Reference
Just a trival news squib that Melanie's blowing up - oops!. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Yesterday's blog was a bit damp, but by no means a damp squib. From Wordnik.com. [County cricket – as it happened] Reference
At the risk of shattering it completely he produced his first squib. From Wordnik.com. [More Work for the Undertaker]
But the best thing about this damp squib is its brief two-hour length. From Wordnik.com. [Britain pays tribute to American prints] Reference
We entreat our readers not to receive the above as a squib of invention. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 533, February 11, 1832] Reference
It's a squib that fizzes cheerfully for half an hour but doesn't explode. From Wordnik.com. [The Joneses] Reference
The opposition Conservative Party, or at least its remnants, is a damp squib. From Wordnik.com. [A QUESTION OF WHEN] Reference
A cover squib notes that Wetlaufer graduated with highest honors from Harvard. From Wordnik.com. [The Corpses Of Summer] Reference
The president, in you little squib there, said we've shown that tax cuts work. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2003] Reference
In the post squib scrum, commenters mixed it up over what the "big issues" are. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Has An Emotional Moment On Campaign Trail] Reference
Not incidentally, the squib for Neo-neocon's post quoted above isn't even literate. From Wordnik.com. [The Sorrow and the Titties: James Wolcott] Reference
The fire turned out not to be serious and rated only a squib in a few gossip columns. From Wordnik.com. [Palace Intrigues] Reference
The publication today of Alastair Campbell's diaries looks set to be a colossal damp squib. From Wordnik.com. [More Mole than Machiavelli] Reference
But aside from a brief squib in the Daily News, no New York print publication has yet weighed in. From Wordnik.com. [Jesse Kornbluth: Annette de la Renta v. Michael Gross: Can A Socialite Kill A Book?] Reference
In only a few months, this squib of tiny print has become the harbinger of the new era at the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Supreme Conservatism] Reference
T.N. N.nan and Rohini N.lekani: IN.AT, A damp squib, India Today, N.w Delhi, May 15, 1982. 18. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
Football fans opted to receive draft alerts, and each message contained a squib about Coors Light. From Wordnik.com. [Advertisers to Consumers:] Reference
When the commission's first report was finally issued in 1961, it proved something of a damp squib. From Wordnik.com. [reich12] Reference
"Damp squib," for instance, is British slang for a firework that doesn't fire, or a party that fizzles. From Wordnik.com. [Nice Choice Of Words] Reference
Prep the shell to be shot off electronically (by putting the squib, or electric match, inside the fuse). From Wordnik.com. [Blast Off] Reference
'Geysers of California' and the Strokr or the 'Great Geyser,' as there is between a squib and a musket-shot. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Italy, and the hatred felt toward the different sovereigns was reflected in many an audacious squib and satire, the grand duke of. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875] Reference
Boswell, who would not allow that he had written a squib, proudly fired in the air; Mr. Stuart took no aim, and yet killed his man. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
To the neck of the balloon was attached a sort of squib two feet long, the fuse of which was ignited when the balloon was inflated. From Wordnik.com. [Wonderful Balloon Ascents] Reference
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