tommy gunn.

Brit.

/ˈtɒmɪ ɡʌn/, U.S.

/ˈtɑmi ˌɡən/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English Tommy , gun n.

Etymology: < Tommy ( < Thom- (in Thompson sub-machine gun n. at Thompson n. 3) + -y suffix⁶, after the male forename Tommy: see Tommy n.¹) + gun n.Compare the following isolated earlier use of tommy gun to denote a kind of sporting rifle (compare Thompson n. 1):1916 Marion (Ohio) Star 20 Apr. 6/1 The proper dress for perforating your neighbors is hunting pinks, riding boots and a top hat. Then you cry, ‘Yoicks’, and blast away with the tommy gun.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

= Thompson sub-machine gun n. at Thompson n. 3. Later also: any sub-machine gun.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > machine-gun > sub-machine-gun > types of

Thompson sub-machine gun1920

Thompson1921

Schmeisser1922

tommy gun1929

Chicago piano1936

Owen gun1941

Sten1942

Owen1948

Sterling1958

Uzi1959

Stechkin1962

kalashnikov1970

1929 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 13 Apr. 54/3 There are three types of machine gun used—Tommy guns, Browny guns and Louie guns.

1941 Times 21 Nov. 3/4 Twelve of the enemy were killed with bayonets and tommy-guns.

1955 M. E. B. Banks Commando Climber iii. 40 He survived the war by a combination of good fortune and adroitness with a tommy-gun.

1973 D. Lees Rape of Quiet Town vii. 111 A wild assortment of weapons, including a couple of tommy guns and a cavalry sabre.

2000 A. Ghosh Glass Palace (2001) xxv. 314 A shipment of armaments was sent up from New Delhi: 3-inch mortars, tommy guns and Vickers-Berthier light machine guns.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tommy gun
释义	tommy gunn. Brit. /ˈtɒmɪ ɡʌn/, U.S. /ˈtɑmi ˌɡən/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English Tommy , gun n. Etymology: < Tommy ( < Thom- (in Thompson sub-machine gun n. at Thompson n. 3) + -y suffix⁶, after the male forename Tommy: see Tommy n.¹) + gun n.Compare the following isolated earlier use of tommy gun to denote a kind of sporting rifle (compare Thompson n. 1):1916 Marion (Ohio) Star 20 Apr. 6/1 The proper dress for perforating your neighbors is hunting pinks, riding boots and a top hat. Then you cry, ‘Yoicks’, and blast away with the tommy gun. colloquial (originally U.S.). = Thompson sub-machine gun n. at Thompson n. 3. Later also: any sub-machine gun. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > machine-gun > sub-machine-gun > types of Thompson sub-machine gun1920 Thompson1921 Schmeisser1922 tommy gun1929 Chicago piano1936 Owen gun1941 Sten1942 Owen1948 Sterling1958 Uzi1959 Stechkin1962 kalashnikov1970 1929 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 13 Apr. 54/3 There are three types of machine gun used—Tommy guns, Browny guns and Louie guns. 1941 Times 21 Nov. 3/4 Twelve of the enemy were killed with bayonets and tommy-guns. 1955 M. E. B. Banks Commando Climber iii. 40 He survived the war by a combination of good fortune and adroitness with a tommy-gun. 1973 D. Lees Rape of Quiet Town vii. 111 A wild assortment of weapons, including a couple of tommy guns and a cavalry sabre. 2000 A. Ghosh Glass Palace (2001) xxv. 314 A shipment of armaments was sent up from New Delhi: 3-inch mortars, tommy guns and Vickers-Berthier light machine guns. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1929
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