air rifle
an air gun with rifled bore.
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How to use air rifle in a sentence
In an Ohio Wal-Mart, John Crawford III was strolling around the store and had picked up an air rifle that was for sale there.
Somebody fired the balloons with arrows shot from an air rifle.
The Crimson Flash | Roy J. SnellIll shoot any one who touches me, and he caught up his air-rifle.
The Motor Boys in the Clouds | Clarence YoungThe missile in his heart was a combination of bullet and dart, evidently propelled from a powerful air rifle or spring gun.
Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World | Clifton R. WooldridgeJust as soon as I get enough food saved up, and can swap my alleys and chaneys with Billy Drake for his air-rifle.
The Corner House Girls | Grace Brooks Hill
But there was an air rifle standing in the corner, and I knew I could get it if I needed it.
The Grammar School Boys Snowbound | H. Irving Hancock
British Dictionary definitions for air rifle
a rifle discharged by compressed air
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