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Roman Candle
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Roman candle
en Roman-candle.
en 2002 The Man Who Cried Orange Eric Anderson 239 I waited and he came to the point: he wanted me simply to talk to a patient he had inherited, a sports parachutist who had Roman Candled into a tree and broken and disarticulated his back.
en 2022 Four Brothers in the Pacific War Chris Pratt Some hit the rocky outcrops Some fell into the sea Some even 'Roman Candled' (A parachutist I would never be)