Maxim gun
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Maxim gun
First recorded in 1880–85; after H. S. Maxim
Example Sentences
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The Maxim gun had been invented by an American living in London and deployed by General Kitchener to devastating effect in colonial wars such as Sudan.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2014
The Maxim gun, invented in 1884, was the world’s first automatic machine gun.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
Whatever happens, we have got The Maxim gun and they have not.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hiram P. Maxim, 59, inventor of the Maxim gun silencer, has devised a silencer for aviation motors, which Fairchild Aviation Corp. is testing out.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Maxim gun section went to some kopjes flanking the house, the Canadian guns went to a height on the east, the Queensland ones to a height on the west.
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Creswicke, Louis
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