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flash gun

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noun

  1. a type of electronic flash, attachable to or sometimes incorporated in a camera, that emits a very brief flash of light when the shutter is open

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The exposure length gives him enough time to fire a flash gun manually to illuminate the boat hut surroundings.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2024

Some of the professional photographers, seeing him load a flash gun, would blanch, mutter, and hasten from the room.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

The flash gun was gone from his belt.

From Daughters of Doom by Terry, Bill

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