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pi noun
a plug or stopper placed in the muzzle of a piece of ordnance when not in use, to keep out dampness and dust.
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| a plug placed in a gun's muzzle when the gun is not in use to keep out moisture and dust | |
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| tompion or tompion | |
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Tampion
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
tampion
1430, "plug, bung," from M.Fr. tampon, nasalized variant of O.Fr. tapon "piece of cloth to stop a hole" (1382), a suffixed form of Frank. *tappo "stopper, plug," related to O.H.G. zapfo and O.E. tæppa "stopper" (see tap (2)). Meaning "wooden plug for the muzzle of a gun"
(to keep out rain or seawater) is recorded from c.1625.
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