slugthrower
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]slugthrower (plural slugthrowers)
- (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.