Thompson sub-machine-gun
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Thompson sub-machine-gun
n
(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) trademark a .45 calibre sub-machine-gun. Also called: Tommy gun
[C20: after John T. Thompson (1860–1940), US Army Officer, its coinventor]
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