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Answer for the clue "Delay taking action ", 8 letters:
hangfire

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Hangfire is the sixth novel of the military science fiction StarFist Saga , written by David Sherman and Dan Cragg . This installment of Starfist contains three significant and independent plots, one involving members of third platoon, Company L, and the ...

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A french man aimed his musket at Sharpe, pulled the trigger and was rewarded with a hangfire as the powder in the pan caught fire, but did not set off the charge inside the barrel.

A Frenchman aimed his musket at Sharpe, pulled the trigger and was rewarded with a hangfire as the powder in the pan caught fire, but did not set off the charge inside the barrel.