rocket gun
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rocket gun
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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But if people do not give Lolly first pick at gossip, or if anyone crosses her, her retaliation can be as swift and terrible as a rocket gun.
From Time Magazine Archive
Russia's Katusha antedated the U.S. bazooka, the German rocket gun.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week Colonel Knox turned his rocket gun to another quarter, to let Asia know that our flag is still there.
From Time Magazine Archive
Soldiers looked up wide-eyed, and one said: "That must be that six-barreled rocket gun."
From Time Magazine Archive
Setting his rocket gun for a long-distance shot.
From Armageddon—2419 A.D. by Nowlan, Philip Francis
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