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half cock

the halfway position of the hammer of a firearm, when the trigger is locked and cannot be pulled

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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