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 Prime (1 syl.).Primero. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Primed.
 
Full and ready to deliver a speech. We say of a man whose head is full of his subject, “He is primed to the muzzle.” Of course, the allusion is to firearms.   1
 


 Prime (1 syl.).Primero. 

 
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