Noun
A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAny writer of any worth at all hopes to play only a pocket-torch of light - and rarely, through genius, a sudden flambeau - into the bloody yet beautiful labyrinth of human experience, of being. Nadine Gordimer
Hence the great Valentin, when he set out to find Flambeau, was perfectly aware that his adventures would not end when he had found him. Source: Internet
The Lac du Flambeau Chippewa band plans a major overhaul of its water system with the help of $1.2 million in grants from the federal government. Source: Internet
The LDF Museum Tour, The Lac du Flambeau Museum is filled with gems. Source: Internet
We had a Flambonian, Lenelle Hrabik, from Lac du Flambeau who came to help us work. Source: Internet
For example, in the story "The Flying Stars", Father Brown entreats the character Flambeau to give up his life of crime: "There is still youth and honour and humour in you; don't fancy they will last in that trade. Source: Internet