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fire-stick en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A gun or cannon, especially a rifle. Originally used by or ascribed to members of non-European cultures or anthropomorphized animals describing firearms.
   • "Arna means by the fire-stick a gun," explained Sa'-zada. 1904, W.A. Fraser, “The Narrative of Buffalo and Bison”, in Metropolitan, volume 20, number 11, pages 195–196:
   • A troop of soldiers, armed with fire-sticks, entered the valley.
   • I knocked the man down, and he ran into the woods, leaving his fire-stick on the ground.
2. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of firestick.
   alt of firestick

Forms

Synonyms

thunderstick

Translations (3)

pl karabin (rifle) · pl strzelba (rifle) · fi tulikeppi (rifle)