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Spiking a gun was a method of temporarily disabling a cannon by hammering a barbed steel spike into the touch hole; this could be removed only with great difficulty. If a special spike was unavailable, spiking could be done by driving a bayonet into the touch-hole and breaking it off, to leave the blade's tip embedded. [2]
Through hole, a hole, usually drilled, which emerges on the other side of the substrate Tone hole , an opening in a wind instrument which, when closed changes the pitch Touch hole , part of a gun or cannon where the powder is ignited
What follows is a series of sight gags based on Webster's literal interpretations of the slang terms, such as John's first job being helping out a proprietor who is 'short handed', but being 'unable to cut the mustard', he is 'given the gate', and goes back to his 'hole in the wall'. In general outline the story follows John's life.
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Born right smack on the cusp of millennial and Gen Z years (ahem, 1996), I grew up both enjoying the wonders of a digital-free world—collecting snail shells in my pocket and scraping knees on my ...
The charge loaded, the No.4 pricked the bagged charge through the vent hole and filled the vent with powder. At the No.1' s command the No.5 would fire the piece with his slow match . [ 2 ] Friction primers replaced slow match ignition by the mid-19th century.
Urban Dictionary explains that “GYAT" is used when complimenting someone with a curvaceous body, while “GYATT" (spelled with two Ts), describes a man or woman with a large butt.
While slang is usually inappropriate for formal settings, this assortment includes well-known expressions from that time, with some still in use today, e.g., blind date, cutie-pie, freebie, and take the ball and run. [2] These items were gathered from published sources documenting 1920s slang, including books, PDFs, and websites.