small-bore
[smawl-bawr, -bohr]
- of, noting, or relating to a .22-caliber firearm.
- insular or parochial in scope, attitude, etc.: small-bore officials.
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Origin of small-bore
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Contemporary Examples
Their fallback is a series of small-bore bills like more visas for high-tech workers.
And it initiated a neverending flurry of small-bore initiatives that cumulated in quite a lot of progress in the 1990s.
Historical Examples
Every man carried a small-bore rifle, a tomahawk, and a scalping knife.
Myths of the CherokeeJames Mooney
As we had nothing but a small-bore rifle and not owning a shotgun, we appealed to father as to what we should do for a gun.
The Passenger PigeonVarious
The result was a revelation to the small-bore politicians of the old régime.
The South American Republics Part I of IIThomas C. Dawson
South Africa was a country which gave the freest play to the deadly properties of small-bore rifles.
History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4)Sir Frederick Maurice.
The small-bore rifle bullets seemed to have no effect in stopping the rush, and the fanatics came on most gallantly.
Admiral JellicoeArthur Applin
small-bore
- (of a firearm) having a small bore, especially one of less than .22 calibre
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