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单词 tommy-gunner
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tommy-gunnern.

Brit. /ˈtɒmɪˌɡʌnə/, U.S. /ˈtɑmiˌɡənər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: tommy gun n., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < tommy gun n. + -er suffix1, after gunner n. Compare later tommy-gun v.
colloquial (originally U.S.).
A person who operates or is armed with a tommy gun.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > machine-gun
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1932 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 8 Feb. 1/3 Young Vincent Coll..got his load of lead in a drug store telephone booth..from what police believe were Chicago ‘tommy gunners’.
1973 A. Mann Tiara iii. 22 Thirty years ago he was the best tommy-gunner in the Appennines.
2004 Guardian (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) (Nexis) 11 Nov. 7 About 250 Italian partisans, assisted by a score of the battalion's tommy-gunners, crossed the Arno.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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