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snuffboxes

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plural of snuffbox

as in hatboxes

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tinderboxes

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Unlike many forests in the American Southwest, where trees are adapted to seasonal drought and frequent fire, these forests can become tinderboxes when subjected to weeks of unusual heat.

— Bloomberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
The Industrial Revolution, supercharged by the Civil War, transformed Northeastern cities into denser and denser wooden tinderboxes filled with tons of humans more than capable of accidentally generating sparks.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026

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