单词 | rifle-shooter |
释义 | > as lemmasrifle-shooter a. Instrumental and objective, as rifle-firing, rifle-shooter, rifle twirling; rifle-carrier, etc. ΚΠ 1796 Universal Politician Sept. 215 Adjutant General Sornet..attacked the enemy by rifle firing. 1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 12/2 Rifle-firing in extended order is performed by sound of bugle. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. 167 Some Brummagem rifle-manufacturer about the period of the American War. 1886 P. Robinson Valley Teetotum Trees 54 A multitude of rifle-carriers among the subordinates in public services. 1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt ii. 18 A rifle-shooter going out by himself into the Karroo. 1901 Times 31 Jan. 6/5 At Vaal we stopped on hearing the sound of heavy rifle-firing. 1974 Ridge Citizen (Johnston, S. Carolina) 18 Apr. 1/6 Her special training while in school consists of several years of rifle twirling while a member of the Thurmond Color Guard. 1997 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 26 May h03 A rifle-carrier in the 9th Division, private Billy fought first in North Africa and then Sicily. < as lemmas |
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