small arms

British  

plural noun

1. portable firearms of relatively small calibre

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Example Sentences

She was hugging me so tight her small arms felt like steel bands around my neck.

From Literature

Walking in a straight line, their small arms resting on each other's shoulders, pupils smile as they head into the makeshift classrooms.

From BBC

Small arms or legs tend to break easily and are extremely difficult to manufacture.

From Science Daily

Israel is a world leader in surveillance technology, drones, small arms and other products of great use to a resource-strapped government that oversees a vast and largely uninhabited territory.

From The Wall Street Journal

The materiel includes the advanced Chinese-made drones along with small arms, heavy machine guns, vehicles, artillery, mortars and ammunition, the officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal