miss fire
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What if it should miss fire, or even if igniting, I should fail with it to light the dry leaves?
From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Charles A. Beach
Villiam assumed a thoughtful demeanor, and says he: "Is it a miss fire?"
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 by R. H. (Robert Henry) Newell
My own revolver was a Deane and Adams, and could be depended upon—the Lefaucheux could not, for the cartridges were so old that twenty-five per cent, of them would miss fire.
From The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton 1902 by Louis Becke
It’s too good a gun to be thrown away; and I can say that it don’t miss fire once in ten times.
From The Tiger Hunter by Mayne Reid
You don’t waste words, Wyllis, but you never miss fire.
From A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays by Willa Sibert Cather
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