Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
cannon , 3.
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Examples
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I’ll be bound, Lady Ashton understands every machine for breaking in the human mind, and there are as many as there are cannon-bit, martingales, and cavessons for young colts.”
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Lady Ashton understands every machine for breaking in the human mind, and there are as many as there are cannon-bit, martingales, and cavessons for young colts. "
The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801
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