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elephant gun en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A large-calibre firearm capable of killing an elephant or other big game.
   • In St. James's Street there used to be several shops which would sell you any form of lethalness, from a rook-rifle to an elephant-gun, with the greatest urbanity. 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 151:
   • Lord John was standing at gaze with his finger on the trigger of his elephant-gun, his eager hunter's soul shining from his fierce eyes. 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

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Relateds

Nitro Express

Translations (1)

fi norsupyssy (large-calibre firearm)