flashbulb
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editflashbulb (plural flashbulbs)
- (historical, photography) A glass bulb that made a single bright flash for illumination during a photograph.
- 2005 March 2, Leslie Feinberg, “Even McCarthy was gay baited”, in Workers World[1]:
- When Christine Jorgensen's plane touched down carrying her home from Denmark […] 300 reporters surged forwards, shouting questions as flash bulbs popped.