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small arm

noun

  1. 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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Other Words From

  • small-armed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of small arm1

First recorded in 1680–90
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Example Sentences

It’s thankfully thin, so it’s not uncomfortable, but if you have a small arm, it will look conspicuous at best and ridiculous at worst.

We were then nine million small arm still to the good having spent eleven million.

Now, suppose each shaft to carry a small, toothed wheel, and that upon these teeth a small arm rests.

We soon reached a small arm of the Arkansas, on whose fresh, cool water we and our cattle fell insanely.

The marines and small-arm men returned the fire in right good earnest, while the boats advanced more rapidly than before.

In this way a big leg may be obtained at the expense of a small arm, or a good ear be the cause of an indifferent eye.

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