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plural of flintlock
Synonyms of flintlocks
as in shotguns, muskets
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for flintlocks
- blunderbusses,
- breechloaders,
- culverins,
- fieldpieces,
- firelocks,
- harquebuses
- (or arquebuses),
- matchlocks,
- muskets,
- shotguns,
- smoothbores,
- twenty-twos
- (or .22s)
- arms,
- firearms,
- heat
- [slang],
- pieces,
- small arms
- derringers,
- forty-fives
- (or .45s),
- gats
- [slang],
- handguns,
- pistols,
- revolvers,
- rods
- [slang],
- roscoes
- [slang],
- sidearms,
- six-guns,
- six-shooters,
- zip guns
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“Flintlocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flintlocks. Accessed 25 Jun. 2022.
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