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Winchester rifle
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noun
a type of magazine rifle, first made in about 1866.
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Origin of Winchester rifle
1870β75; named after D. F. Winchester (1810β80), American manufacturer
Words nearby Winchester rifle
winch, Winchell, Winchester, Winchester bushel, Winchester disk, Winchester rifle, Winckelmann, wind, windable, windage, Windaus
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British Dictionary definitions for Winchester rifle
Winchester rifle
noun
trademark a breech-loading lever-action repeating rifle with a tubular magazine under the barrelOften shortened to: Winchester
Word Origin for Winchester rifle
C19: named after O. F. Winchester (1810β80), US manufacturer
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