flashgun
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flashgun
Example Sentences
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He was regarded as an explosives expert and was involved in the development of the technology used to trigger the mortar using a photographic flashgun.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2021
And using the flashgun methods of illuminating nighttime shots, Riis also set at least three fires, according to the current Library of Congress exhibition “Jacob Riis: Revealing ‘How the Other Half Lives.’
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2016
Burl held his Plutonian flashgun at the ready.
From The Secret of the Ninth Planet by Donald Allen Wollheim
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