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hair trigger

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | 233 words | Copyright

hair trig·ger • n. a trigger of a firearm set for release at the slightest pressure. ∎  [as adj.] (hair-trigger) fig. liable to change suddenly and violently: a hair-trigger temper.

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