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spit·fire

   [spit-fahyuhr]
noun
1.
a person, especially 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; spit1 + fire
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spitfire (ˈspɪtˌfaɪə)
 
—n
a person given to outbursts of spiteful temper and anger, esp a woman or girl

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spitfire
1600, from spit (v.) + fire (n.). Replaced earlier shitfire (cf. Florentine cacafuoco).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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