Bren gun
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Bren gun
1935–40; Br(no) , Moravia + En ( field ), England, towns of manufacture
Example Sentences
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Streets in Tel-Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem and other towns bristled with Bren gun carriers and road blocks.
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At midnight armored cars, Bren gun carriers, lorries packed with troops rolled out from the suburban barracks and into Khartoum and its sister cities of Omdurman and Khartoum North.
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But two and a half years later, with Canada at war, the Winnipeg Free Press broke the story that the old Bren gun contract had been canceled and relet on a management-fee basis.
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So if you can't oblige us with a Bren gun The Home Guard might as well go home.
From Time Magazine Archive
To complete the course we hurled a few Mills bombs, fired a Bren gun, marched around a bit and behaved as soldiers were supposed to do and then we returned to our more sedentary duties.��
From Coming of Age: 1939-1946 by Cox, John
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