英语词汇snuffing the candle的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	snuffing the candle
词源	snuffing the candle. It hasn’t been depicted in a western film, but snuffing the candle was a genuine entertainment on the American frontier. The term is recorded as early as 1838 and referred to a frontier amusement in which incredibly accurate riflemen snuffed candles with bullets as a test of marksman- ship. Some (using either rifles or pistols) were said to be so good that they could shoot through the flames without putting the candle out.
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