spitfire
See also: Spitfire
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Etymology
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Noun
[edit]spitfire (plural spitfires)
- A cannon.
- A person with a fiery temper, someone easily provoked to anger, especially a woman or girl. [1801]
- 1801, Peter Viereck, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin., Volume ⅩⅠⅠⅠ, by John Nichols (arranged by Thomas Sheridan), p. 143, published in London
- "―But however provoked, are your scribbling spitfires never to be satisfied?"
- 1801, Peter Viereck, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin., Volume ⅩⅠⅠⅠ, by John Nichols (arranged by Thomas Sheridan), p. 143, published in London
- A larva of the spitfire sawfly, Perga affinis.
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