spit-fire

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English

Noun

spit-fire (plural spit-fires)

  1. Alternative form of spitfire
    • 2010, Nancy Spencer, Heaven in My Hands: A Midwife's Stories of Birth & Life, →ISBN, page 119:
      He was a spit-fire! The typical little boy just on the verge of spilling out the dozens of words he'd accumulated, a cascade of sounds as he chattered from dawn to dusk.
    • 2011, Karen L. Cox, Dreaming of Dixie: How the South Was Created in American Popular Culture, →ISBN:
      Even the trailer for the film did not attempt to hide a connection with Gone with the Wind, proclaiming that the story was “a scarlet portrait of a gorgeous spit-fire.”
    • 2014, Caroline H. Woods, Woman in Prison, →ISBN, page 170:
      And Harlan to report me, when he helped her break 'em. The little spit-fire!
  2. Alternative form of spit fire
    • 1995, M. Sethi, Catering Management : An Integrated Approach, →ISBN, page 102:
      Also the use of spit-fires for barbecueing meats in view of the customer serves a dual purpose of attracting customers as well as cooking.
    • 1996, Vicky Glasgow, The Mage Emperor:
      The final side had two ovens fashioned inside the stone structure above a spit-fire.
    • 2016, Jane Hardstaff, The Executioner's Daughter, →ISBN, page 154:
      On the frozen river, the spit-fires had burned out and the stalls were packing up.

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