Thompson sub-machine-gun

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Thompson sub-machine-gun

(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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