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trigger (n.)
1660, earlier
tricker
(1621), from Du.
trekker
"trigger," from
trekken
"to pull" (see
trek
).
Tricker
was the usual form in Eng. until c.1750. The verb is first recorded 1930, from the noun.
Trigger-happy
is attested from 1943.
