tommy gun
noun/ˈtɒmi ɡʌn/
/ˈtɑːmi ɡʌn/
- a type of sub-machine gunWord Origin1920s: contraction of Thompson gun, named by its designer after John T. Thompson (1860–1940), the American army officer who conceived the idea for it.
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