Snaphance

[snæphæns]

解釋/意思:

(n.) A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached.

(n.) A trifling or second-rate thing or person.

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解釋/意思:

n. a term originally applied to the spring-lock of a gun or pistol but afterwards applied to the gun itself a Dutch firelock of the 17th century: a snappish retort.—Also Snaph′aunce.

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