SNAPHANCE

Definition: SNAPHANCE

SNAPHANCE

Noun

1. A trifling or second-rate thing or person.

2. A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "SNAPHANCE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1622. (references)

Etymology: Snaphance \Snap"hance`\, noun. [from Dutch expression snaphaan gun, originally, the snapping cock of gun. See Snap, and Hen.]. (Websters 1913)

Anagrams: SNAPHANCE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-h-n-n-p-s"
	-1 letter: panaches.
	-2 letters: apaches, canapes, panache, pechans, saphena.
	-3 letters: apache, apneas, ashcan, canape, cannas, chapes, cheaps, encash, hances, hennas, nachas, naches, nances, pachas, paeans, paesan, pannes, pecans, pechan, shapen.
	-4 letters: aches, acnes, annas, ansae, apace, apnea, ashen, aspen, canes, canna, capes, caphs, chape, chaps, chase, cheap, ephas, hance, hansa, hanse, heaps, henna, naans, nanas, nance.
	-5 letters: aahs.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-h-n-n-p-s"
	+2 letters: phenacaines.
	+3 letters: happenstance.
	+4 letters: anencephalies, happenchances, happenstances.
	+5 letters: acetaminophens, wappenschawing.
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