38

[ thur-tee-eyt ]

noun

, plural 38s, 38's.

1. a pistol or revolver using a cartridge approximately .38 inch in diameter.
2. the cartridge itself.

Example Sentences

In the South, states like Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi remain under 38 percent.

From Washington Post

In a hypothetical matchup in exit-polling Election Day, Powell defeated Clinton 50 percent-38 percent.

From The Daily Beast

He was-38- not a man to cherish illusion or to romance in verse about perfection he had never found in fact.

From Project Gutenberg

The P-38's were overhead again, but now they seemed to be diving on the town.

From Project Gutenberg

The P-38's screamed over again, this time from west to east.

From Project Gutenberg

They were overhead so briefly that Don noticed only that they were P-38's, at least four of them.

From Project Gutenberg

In the gray dawn he saw that the two new men understood how to get speed out of a Lockheed P-38.

From Project Gutenberg