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wolfgang42 on July 28, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Indian warrior king's rocket cache found in abando...

> prototype. n. A first, typical or preliminary model of something... from which other forms are developed or copied.

So, yes?

pbhjpbhj on July 28, 2018 [–]

"prototype _for_ British rockets ..."

The "of" suggests an interpretation like "based on", I can see how that phrase could be misinterpreted as an autoantonym.

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