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Synonyms of tommy gun
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in assault weapon, assault rifle
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for tommy gun
- AK-47,
- assault rifle,
- assault weapon,
- automatic,
- carbine,
- machine gun,
- machine pistol,
- repeater,
- submachine gun
- blunderbuss,
- breechloader,
- culverin,
- fieldpiece,
- firelock,
- flintlock,
- harquebus
- (or arquebus),
- matchlock,
- musket,
- rifle,
- shotgun,
- smoothbore,
- twenty-two
- (or .22)
tommy-gun
verbSynonyms of tommy-gun (Entry 2 of 2)
as in machine-gun
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for tommy-gun
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“Tommy gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tommy%20gun. Accessed 8 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of tommy gun was in 1929
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