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Spark plug   /spɑrk pləg/   Listen
Spark plug

noun
1.
Electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark.  Synonyms: plug, sparking plug.






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"Spark plug" Quotes from Famous Books



... Gilbert explained that there would have been no trouble at all if he had removed a defective spark plug. ...
— You Should Worry Says John Henry • George V. Hobart

... be pushed off easy, I don't hurry about tellin' him so. Instead I climbs aboard and develops an idea. You see, when I was out with Eb Westcott in his lobster boat the day before I'd noticed him stop the engine just by jerkin' a little wire off the spark plug. Here was a whole bunch of wires, though. Wouldn't do to unhitch 'em all. But along the inside of the boat is a little box affair that they all lead into, with one big wire leadin' out. Looked kind of businesslike, that one did. I unhitches it gentle and drapes it over a nearby screwhead. ...
— On With Torchy • Sewell Ford

... noticed a little bunch of net moss near me. Maybe you don't know what net moss is. It's moss that grows in swamps. Well, what do you think I saw lying on that clump of net moss? Cracky, you'd hardly believe it, but it was a spark plug. And it looked funny to see ...
— Roy Blakeley • Percy Keese Fitzhugh

... dry lot. They wanted Ontario to be bone dry and therefore preferred to have the people vote either foolishly for the iniquitous O.T.A. or fanatically for absolute prohibition. Mr. Drury should have taken the spark plug out of his Methodist car long enough to reflect that what keeps a man contented is going to keep him from stirring up trouble. If the Government of enlightened and moral Ontario had brought in a measure to create a referendum on the alternative of prohibition vs. effective government ...
— The Masques of Ottawa • Domino

... some conversation with him this morning," laughed Roy; "but to return to the spark plug; it's a good thing we carry ...
— The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly • Margaret Burnham



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