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A large public fire, built on a derelict or abandoned lot in the neighbourhood. These lots are known as "bomb sites" or "bomies" as they were often, at one time, the result of a bomb strike during World War 2; after the war the name stuck for any empty lot. A bomfire is a fir purposely built on a bomb-site. Commonly done on November 5th, or Guy Fawkws Night.
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