subs. (political).—1. A nickname, now obsolete, given to the irreconcileable opponents of free trade in England.
1858. The Saturday Review, 30 Oct., p. 413, col. 2. The amendment … which sealed for ever the fate of Protection, was carried [in 1852] with only fifty dissentient voices—the celebrated CANNON-BALLS. [M.]
2. (venery).—The testicles. For synonyms, see CODS.
