cartridge clip

American  

noun

1. a metal frame or container holding cartridges for a magazine rifle or automatic pistol.

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cartridge clip British  

noun

1. a metallic container holding cartridges for an automatic firearm

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cartridge clip

In the truck’s cab, police found an automatic 7.65-millimeter pistol, a cartridge clip, and several cartridges.

From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2016

He loaded it with a cartridge clip, and told me that all I would have to do then was squeeze the trigger release.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

I overheard one chap say, as he thrust a cartridge clip into place, "Good Old Ross."

From On the Fringe of the Great Fight by Nasmith, George G. (George Gallie)

Where the devil's that cartridge clip you took away from me?...

From The Day of Days An Extravaganza by Brown, Arthur William

One of the Royal Scots Fusiliers was saved by a cartridge clip.

From Tommy Atkins at War As Told in His Own Letters by Kilpatrick, James Alexander