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hangfire

[ hang-fahyuhr ]

noun

  1. a delay in the detonation of gunpowder or other ammunition, caused by some defect in the fuze.


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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of hangfire1

First recorded in 1890–95; hang + fire
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Example Sentences

According to Samantha Evans of Hangfire Southern Kitchen in Barry, South Wales, by far the best solution is to use one tool we always have close to hand: your thumb.

From

They, too, were nervous about hangfire, the unstable snow left along the edges of an avalanche’s path that can release at any moment.

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June Allyson and Robert Walker on a hangfire honeymoon.

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