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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Minute Gun

A signal of distress at sea, or a gun fired at the death of a distinguished individual; so called because a minute elapses between each discharge.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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