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matchlocks

noun

plural of matchlock

as in muskets

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Back then, students halted studies to pick up rifles, muskets, and bayonets.

— Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2026
The new United States needed muskets, cannons, ammunition, uniforms, cloth, food and credit.

— R. Grant Gilmore III, The Conversation, 30 June 2026

Definition of muskets

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Jurors did convict Martin and Payton of being felons in possession of firearms and found allegations of prior felony convictions to be true.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Three West Hartford police officers then discharged their firearms at Brown from an area along the chain-link fence separating the two residences.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of firearms

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In the first attack, eight gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles and pistols opened fire at a bar southwest of Johannesburg late Saturday.

— Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
In the first attack, eight gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles and pistols opened fire at a bar near Johannesburg late on Saturday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of pistols

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