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ˈtommy-gun colloq. (orig. U.S.).
Also Tommy- and as two words.
[f. Tommy1, repr. the name of J. T. Thompson: see Thompson.]
A Thompson or other sub-machine-gun.
1929Sat. Even. Post 13 Apr. 54/3 There are three types of machine gun used—Tommy guns, Browny guns and Louie guns. 1934E. Hemingway in Cosmopolitan Apr. 23/2 The nigger shot him in the belly with the Tommy gun. 1941Times 21 Nov. 3/4 Twelve of the enemy were killed with bayonets and tommy-guns. 1955M. E. B. Banks Commando Climber iii. 40 He survived the war by a combination of good fortune and adroitness with a tommy-gun. 1973D. Lees Rape of Quiet Town vii. 111 A wild assortment of weapons, including a couple of tommy guns and a cavalry sabre.
Hence as v. trans.; also ˈtommy-gunner.
1942Times 3 Oct. 4/1 A party of our tommy-gunners penetrated enemy barbed wire entanglements. Ibid. 24 Nov. 4/1 When one Soviet tank was engaged in pursuing the retreating Germans its crew leapt out and tommy-gunned them. 1973A. Mann Tiara iii. 22 Thirty years ago he was the best tommy-gunner in the Appennines. 1978T. Gifford Glendower Legacy (1979) 144 Maybe they're waiting for me to leave so they can come in and tommy-gun you. |