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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Snaphance

· Snap·hance · IPA
01 n. A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached.
  1. 1.
    A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    A trifling or second-rate thing or person.[Obs.]