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Firecrackers are small fireworks consisting of gunpowder wrapped in paper, with a fuse.Jeff Harris Photography / Getty Images
Firecrackers are small fireworks consisting of gunpowder that has been wrapped in paper, with a fuse.
Firecrackers are simply gunpowder and a fuse, wrapped in paper.

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