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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024snap•haunce (snap′hans, -häns),USA pronunciation n. - Militaryan early flintlock mechanism for igniting a charge of gunpowder in a gun.
- Dutch snaphaan (or German Schnapphahn) origin, originally, highwayman, equivalent. to snap(pen) to snatch, snap + haan rooster (Dutch haan, German Hahn, parallel to cock1, mean both "rooster'' and "hammer of a firearm''); source of final s unclear
- 1580–90
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