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Owen|ˈəʊən| The name of E. E. Owen (1915–49), Australian inventor, used attrib. or alone to designate a sub-machine-gun invented by him.
1958D. P. Mellor Role of Sci. & Industry xv. 329 The Owen gun was an Automatic firearm of the usual recoiling breech bolt type, with a fire control member cooperating directly with the trigger. 1961D. Dexter New Guinea Offensives ii. 51 All sections testing the Owen preferred it to the Tommy-gun. 1965Austral. Encycl. VII. 34/1 In the field of military inventions, one of the best-known is the Owen sub-machine gun, patented in 1941 by its inventor, E. E. Owen. 1967‘E. Lindall’ Time too Soon iii. 32 An Owen gun slung across his body. 1970M. Kelly Spinifex viii. 132 The Owen gun best and only friend. |