Tommy gun
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Tommy gun
First recorded in 1920–25; by shortening
Example Sentences
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Roughly midway through, Pynchon’s characters hightail it all the way to proto-fascist Budapest, where shadows more lethal than any Tommy gun begin to encroach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
There’s no Tommy gun showdown with the killer in this story, no chase through tunnels or urban alleys and no triumphant clacking of handcuffs on the wrists of a guilty maniac.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2022
Among the firearms he owns are several fully automatic weapons, including a Thompson submachine gun, or Tommy gun, and a Model 50 Reising submachine gun.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2016
It is not clear how or when the department acquired the one newer Tommy gun.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2014
That poster on the wall of Winston Churchill, clenching a cigar, clutching a Tommy gun?
From Washington Post
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