rocket gun
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rocket gun
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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He had skyrocketed up on a Buck-Rogerish invention of his own, aptly dubbed the "rocket gun."
From Time Magazine Archive
Reason: with the old method, a fast worker could weld 40 studs in eight hours; with the rocket gun, 1,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
The rocket gun even has a name: Urania.
From Time Magazine Archive
Summoned by radio, the Coast Guard cutter Alexander Hamilton put medical supplies aboard by means of a rocket gun and line.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their loose jackets were belted at the waist, and they carried for weapons each man a knife, a short double-edged sword and what I took to be a form of magazine rocket gun.
From The Airlords of Han by Paul, Frank R.
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