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cartridge clip

American  

noun

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


cartridge clip British  

noun

  1. a metallic container holding cartridges for an automatic firearm

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

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

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)

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 Hoskins, Gayle Porter

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