percussion lock

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noun

a gunlock on a firearm that fires by striking a percussion cap.

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Origin of percussion lock

First recorded in 1820–30

Words nearby percussion lock

percussion, percussion cap, percussion flaking, percussion instrument, percussionist, percussion lock, percussion tool, percussion welding, percussive, percussor, percutaneous

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How to use percussion lock in a sentence

While the desk sergeant ran a background check, he was roughed up by another officer in the lock-up.
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“Now they will definitely lock Navalny in prison,” one of the women in the crowd said.
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Who knew that a competition where you clutch the hand of another man and lock eyes across a table could be this damn gay.
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In many ways, she seems a lock for the win, but her atheism puts her entire character in question.
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Charges were eventually dropped against them, in part because two had lock-solid alibis.
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The place was used as a lock-up for some time after the incorporation, and the old irons were kept on show for years.
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I do not know—I do not dare to believe—that I shall live to hear that key grating in the lock.
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A machine for making percussion caps was patented by John Abraham in 1864.
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The carbon dioxid evolved distends the stomach, and its outline can easily be determined by percussion.
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Another manner of punishment consists in making them wear a tin mask, which is fastened with a lock behind.
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British Dictionary definitions for percussion lock

percussion lock

noun

a gunlock in which the hammer strikes a percussion cap

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