单词 | cannon cracker |
释义 | > as lemmascannon cracker cannon cracker n. originally and chiefly U.S. (now historical or rare) (a name for) a large and powerful firecracker. ΚΠ 1854 Daily Whig & Courier 23 May James G. Hovey, pyrotechnist,..now offers..rockets, pigeons, double headers.., Roman candles, Bengal lights.., and cannon crackers, &c. 1904 St. Nicholas July 814/1 And then our cannon-crackers (And my! but they were whackers!) made grandma say, ‘Oh, mercy me! you must n't do that boys’! 1971 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 6 July 4/2 The only accident on the Fourth happened to Donald Swope... A cannon cracker exploded while in his right hand. 2012 K. L. Kosanke et al. Encycl. Dict. Pyrotechnics III. 974/2 In the past, cannon crackers might also be considered ground salutes. < as lemmas |
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