Meaning of Spitfire | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A single-seat fighter used by the RAF and allies during World War II, especially during the Battle of Britain.
   historical
2. A cannon.
3. A person with a fiery temper, someone easily provoked to anger, especially a woman or girl.
4. A larva of the spitfire sawfly, Perga affinis.

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“1801, Peter Viereck, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin., Volume ⅩⅠⅠⅠ, by John Nichols (arranged by Thomas Sheridan), p. 143, published in London "―But however provoked, are your scribbling spitfires never to be satisfied?"”

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