Tommy gun

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noun

any submachine gun.

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Origin of Tommy gun

First recorded in 1920–25; by shortening

Words nearby Tommy gun

tommy, Tommy Atkins, tommyaxe, tommy bar, tommycod, Tommy gun, tommyrot, tommy rough, tommyto, tomo-, Tom o'Bedlam

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How to use Tommy gun in a sentence

Why should I worry about a man with a tommy gun 2,000 miles away?
Abbas’s Challenge to Obama|John Barry|September 19, 2011|DAILY BEAST
I pulled around the corner onto Harper street, and into the path of a tommy gun's fire.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
His fingers gripped the stock of the tommy-gun so tightly the knuckles showed white.
The Lost Warship|Robert Moore Williams
For want of something better to do, he took down a tommy gun from a rack near Segador's seat and examined it for dust and grease.
The Five Arrows|Allan Chase

He could distinguish the heavy thud of the Tommy-gun, the sharper crack of the carbine, but other weapons were also firing.
Sinister Paradise|Robert Moore Williams
Before the boys piled in, Stan handed his tommy-gun to Allison.
A Yankee Flier in Italy|Rutherford G. Montgomery

British Dictionary definitions for Tommy gun

Tommy gun

noun

an informal name for Thompson sub-machine-gun

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