cigarette lighter

Smoker's fire source

A cigarette lighter is a small handheld device that produces a flame, originally designed for lighting cigarettes but used for candles, campfires, and other purposes.

Most common are disposable plastic lighters with butane fuel and a thumb-operated spark wheel.

Car cigarette lighters use an electrically heated coil—the socket now serves mainly to power devices.

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fire-related function

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Portable flame suppression device

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Top 50,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG