Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A .45-caliber submachine gun having a wooden stock and a box or drum magazine.
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- noun a .45-caliber
American submachine gun, having a woodenstock and adrum orbox magazine
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- noun a .45-caliber submachine gun
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After John Taliaferro Thompson, (1860–1940), American army officer.]
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From John Taliaferro Thompson, an American army officer
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