submachine gun

Everyone was far more interested in the black Thompson sub-machine gun he held cradled over one arm.
"And That's How It Was, Officer"|Ralph Sholto
He had swung the sub-machine gun up and was making it spit nickel-jacketed lead.
Dave Dawson with the Commandos|R. Sidney Bowen
His other hand chopped down on the sub-machine gun and yanked it from the falling German's hands.
Dave Dawson with the Commandos|R. Sidney Bowen
Clutching the sub-machine gun, he ran body well bent forward and low to the ground.
Dave Dawson with the Commandos|R. Sidney Bowen

Each gripped a sub-machine gun in his hands and blazed away at the coasting Vultee!
Dave Dawson at Casablanca|Robert Sydney Bowen

British Dictionary definitions for submachine gun

sub-machine-gun

noun

a portable automatic or semiautomatic light gun with a short barrel, firing pistol ammunition: designed to be fired from the hip or shoulder

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