machine pistol
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of machine pistol
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Their favorite weapon was the German Schmeisser machine pistol.
From Time Magazine Archive
The most dangerous chieftain in these parts, the Sheikh Sidi el Assif, has a new American machine pistol which fires ten bullets without loadin; and his rifle has sixteen shots in the magazine.
From Captain Brassbound's Conversion by Shaw, Bernard
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