Meaning

1 senses
  1. A small receptacle for priming powder, found next to the touch hole on muzzleloading guns.

    Holonym: firearm

    по́лкаpólka

Examples

3 sentences
  1. It's a flash in the pan.

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  2. It was just a flash in the pan.

    ruЭто был лишь мимолётный успех. — marafon

    deDas war nur eine Eintagsfliege. — Waldelfe

  3. It's very definitely not a flash in the pan. It's here to stay.

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
small receptacle for priming powder:

Forms

plural: flash pans

Synonyms

2 synonyms
priming panpan[Appendix:Glossary

Word family

1 related words
Relateddoghead

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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