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spitfire - 4 dictionary results

spit⋅fire

[spit-fahyuhr]
–noun
1. a person, esp. a girl or woman, who is of fiery temper and easily provoked to outbursts.
2. (initial capital letter) a British fighter plane with a single in-line engine used by the R.A.F. throughout World War II.

Origin:
1590–1600; spit 1 + fire
spit·fire   (spĭt'fīr')   
n.  A quick-tempered or highly excitable person.

Spitfire

Spit"fire`\, n. A violent, irascible, or passionate person. [Colloq.] --Grose.

spitfire 
1600, from spit (v.) + fire (n.). Replaced earlier shitfire (cf. Florentine cacafuoco).
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