The most common feature of fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube or casing filled with the combustible material, often pyrotechnic stars.
en.wikipedia.org Factories in town made buttons, paint and varnish, hats, furniture, pottery, lime, dairy products and pasteboard, among other goods.
en.wikipedia.org It later spread to the general public, whereupon cheaper sets ("bazr kalam") would be made from materials such as wood, palm leaf, or pasteboard.
en.wikipedia.org In total, there were over 250 paper parts, 21 wooden dowel axles, and 42 corresponding pasteboard wheels.
en.wikipedia.org When sewn into a pasteboard backing, these may be called composition books, or in smaller signatures may be called blue books or exam books and used for essay exams.
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