twenty-twos

noun

variants or .22s
plural of twenty-two
as in harquebuses

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  1. small arms
  2. muskets
  3. firearms
Noun
  • Rahaf swings her prosthetics to the song, and at one point, wraps her small arms around Accurso’s neck — following the song’s instructions and pretending to be asleep.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Those roads and trails are often where vehicles become vulnerable to artillery, drones, mines, and small arms fire.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of small arms
Noun
  • These soldiers formed ranks—in numbers not at all near four thousand—and with bulletless muskets levelled began to march up a service road through the park’s lawns and picnic tables.
    — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • There were about sixty of them aboard the Cuyahoga Packet, and they were armed with swords and muskets.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of muskets
Noun
  • Police later recovered the firearms in the bottom of a muddy canal at Northwest 10th Street and 18th Avenue.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
  • He also is charged with assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon and two additional firearms counts.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of firearms
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