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TOMMY GUN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tommy gun mean? 

TOMMY GUN (noun)
  The noun TOMMY GUN has 1 sense:

1. a .45-caliber submachine gunplay

  Familiarity information: TOMMY GUN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TOMMY GUN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A .45-caliber submachine gun

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Thompson submachine gun; Tommy gun

Hypernyms ("Tommy gun" is a kind of...):

submachine gun (machine gun that is a portable automatic firearm)


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