express rifle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of express rifle
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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His white hunter will take him where the game is, stand by with an express rifle in case he misses.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was fired from an express rifle, an' there's on'y one of the sort in Roxton, so far as I've ever seen.
From The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley by Tracy, Louis
Occasionally, for the larger game animals and the gigantic beasts of prey, I used my express rifle, but for the most part the revolver filled all my needs.
From Pellucidar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Lieutenant Baker was on my right, with a double-barrelled express rifle that carried a No. 70 bullet.
From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
The velocity of a bullet rapidly decreases, and a ball shot from an express rifle, and driven by a heavy charge, soon begins to droop.
From The Life of the Fields by Jefferies, Richard
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