elephant gun
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]elephant gun (plural elephant guns)
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- A large-calibre firearm capable of killing an elephant or other big game.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- 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.
Translations
[edit]large-calibre firearm
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