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

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

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

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 George G. (George Gallie) Nasmith

Fumbling among the numerous objects contained in the suit-case, his fingers encountered at length a cartridge clip.

From Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China by Gayle Porter Hoskins

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