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kerosene

Definition

  • noun: a type of oil that is burned as a fuel
  • noun: a flammable hydrocarbon oil usually obtained by distillation of petroleum and used as a fuel, solvent, and thinner
  • often used before another noun

Examples

  • a 'kerosene' heater/lamp

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) than for actual mortgages? About twenty times! If the mortgage bonds were the match... Then the CDO's were the kerosene soaked rags. Then the synthetic CDO was the atomic bomb with a drunk president holding his finger over the button It was at that moment in that dumb restaurant (..)
    2015 The Big Short