flash pan

flash pan

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Noun

flash pan (plural flash pans)

  2. (firearms) A small receptacle for priming powder, found next to the touch hole on muzzleloading guns.
    Synonyms: priming pan, pan (elliptically synonymous)
    Hypernyms: part, piece, component
    Holonym: firearm
    Comeronym: doghead

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