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small arm
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noun
Usually small arms. a firearm designed to be held in one or both hands while being fired: in the United States the term is applied to weapons of a caliber of up to one inch (2.5 centimeters).
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Origin of small arm
First recorded in 1680–90
OTHER WORDS FROM small arm
small-armed, adjectiveWords nearby small arm
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