cartridge belt

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noun

a belt of leather or webbing with loops for carrying cartridges or pockets for clips of cartridges.

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Origin of cartridge belt

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby cartridge belt

cartop, cartophily, cartopper, cartouche, cartridge, cartridge belt, cartridge brass, cartridge clip, cartridge paper, cartridge pen, cart track

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How to use cartridge belt in a sentence

They want to change bad behaviors—tobacco, alcohol, using a seat belt, anything.
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Now they are a notch on a belt, and the savior can feel good about themselves.
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Det. 2: No, not your belt . . . . Remember being out in the sunroom, the room that sits out to the back of the house?
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Not long after, a 10-year-old girl wearing a suicide belt was arrested.
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He would laboriously make his way from desk to loo, belt down a few, then return.
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His boyish suspenders had been put away in favor of a belt, which was tight-drawn about his slim waist.
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He reached down inside my shirt, with a none too gentle hand, and relieved me of the belt that held the money.
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Just smiled, a sardonic sort of grimace, and unbuckled his belt and handed it over without a word.
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He put his hand to his belt, screwed up his mug, and said he felt plumb et up inside.
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A millionaire might offer more for a life belt as a souvenir than a drowning man could pay for it to save his life.
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British Dictionary definitions for cartridge belt

cartridge belt

noun

a belt with pockets for cartridge clips or loops for cartridges

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