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  • noun an expert skier

Etymologies

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Borrowed from German Kanone.

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Examples

  • This piece, called "40 cm. kanone L/40," will, of course, be of 15.6 inch caliber, but it will differ from the one above described in that its length will be equal to 40 times the caliber, say 52 feet, or to the space occupied on the maneuvering ground by a field piece drawn by six horses (Fig. 1).

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 Various

  • As a Hollenabwehr-kanone (anti-Hell Gun) Akira was fully certified as a Beerdigungs-komiker (comedian at a funeral) which was to later prove useful.

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  • Posted: 2009-12-02 18: 17: 00.703 god and jesus, praise allah, hail vishnu, thank buddah, and etc. that glitch is soooooo freakin annoying. kanone

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  • This granted, it is well to observe that the net cost of the "40 cm. kanone

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 Various

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