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noun 
  1. A hat shaped explosive device, now rarely used.
  2. Anything potentially explosive in a non-literal sense
For tis the sport to haue the enginer / Hoist with his owne petar - Hamlet, Shakespeare
  1. A loud firecracker.
Etymology: Latin; pedere "to break wind" via Middle French; from peter "to break wind" from pet "expulsion of intestinal gas"


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