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- noun A
mechanism forfiring agun thatignites thepropellant by means ofsparks produced when aspring -poweredcock strikes aflint down on to a piece of hardenedsteel .
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Examples
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When he had stalked away through the snaplock-guarded private entrance, there came over Lilienthal's face a spasm of deadly hatred.
The Midnight Passenger : a novel Richard Savage 1874
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You can't take either of these on planes out of Jo'burg as they are both weapons of mass destruction (with a destructive power equal to around 6 billion Hiroshima bombs) unless they are in a clear, snaplock plastic bag (which has the power to contain an explosive blast with the power of 6 billion Hiroshima bombs).
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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Clear, snaplock plastic bags which, by the way, we aren't handing out, cos you should have known that you'd need one at this unmarked spot liquid checking and betterment of my hip pocket station, you silly white man.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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