Meaning of thunder-box | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

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“In the year 1346, at the battle of Crecy, the engliſh uſed a ſort of cannons, which were then called thunder-boxes.”

“[…] I saw⟳ Arnoldi at Dettelbach, standing unhurt amongst the lances and swords, which flashed and glittered around him like⟳ lightning; the thunder-boxes peppering away all the while as if it snowed lead⟳; and when the pastime (for it was nothing else to him) was over, there he stood leaning on his halbert, coolly shaking out the bullets, which rattled like⟳ peas from his breeches and doublet.”

“It was what is called a good passage, and a feather in the Casco’s cap; but among the most miserable forty hours that any one of us had ever passed. We were swung and tossed together all that time like⟳ shot in a stage⟳ thunder-box.”

“True, our cash would run⟳ out, but Charleton wouldn't let⟳ us starve⟳. He'd put⟳ us into shorts, and we should wash⟳ the dishes and clean⟳ the thunder-boxes and take⟳ out guests for walks.”

“In the present⟳ age the historian must content himself with the role of humble camp follower to the sociologist and economist. But like⟳ the sweeper in my regiment who carried the thunder-box of the sahibs through the Arakan campaign there is the hope⟳ that in the end⟳ it is he and not they who will be awarded the decoration.”

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