tommy-gun
verb
tom·my-gun
ˈtä-mē-ˌgən 
tommy-gunned; tommy-gunning; tommy-guns
: to shoot with a tommy gun
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His tommy-gun dialogue, much of it laced with withering invective and punctuated with profanity, started a shift in the language of both theater and movies in this country.
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“Tommy-gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tommy-gun. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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