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What is a firebug?

What is a firebug? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae.
  2. (slang) a pyromaniac or arsonist.
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They have been looking everywhere for the firebug, and offer a fifty-dollar reward.
He is a firebug who collects Herb Alpert records and talks about Marx and Nietzsche.
Johnny told of his new task and of his hopes of capturing the firebug.
The police were then notified and, with minimal interrogation, the alleged firebug confessed to the gamut of crimes he was accused of.
As he flashed by, the firebug raised his head and shook his fist at the plane.
I saw one of them enter the old barn and wondered if the firebug was armed.

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