Meaning & use
spitfire
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A person, especially a woman, with a fiery, passionate, or quick temper.
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Her grandmother was a spitfire who never backed down from an argument.
The young spitfire argued her case with surprising confidence.
A note on using this word
The word originally described a fierce or quick-tempered person before the name was famously adopted for the British WWII fighter aircraft.
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