slugthrower

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

slug +‎ thrower

Noun[edit]

slugthrower (plural slugthrowers)

  1. (science fiction) A firearm that fires bullets.
    • 1965 December, Gordon R. Dickson, “Warrior”, in Analog Science Fiction and Fact‎[1], volume 76, →ISSN, page 71:
      He had been pulling the trigger of his slugthrower all this time, but now the firing pin clicked at last upon an empty firing chamber.
    • 1978, Poul Anderson, The Avatar‎[2], New York: Berkley, →ISBN, →OL, page 162:
      Each had a holstered sidearm: slugthrower, not stunner.
    • 1996, Jody Lynn Nye, The Ship Errant, Baen, →ISBN, →OL, page 65:
      From the confident manner with which she held her long-barreled slugthrower, Mirina guessed that some of the medals were for marksmanship.

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