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cow guns

cow guns is the plural of cow gun.

Meaning of cow gun

Noun

cow gun (plural cow guns)

  1. (colloquial) A type of heavy naval gun.
    • ‘In the intervals of the slow but well-directed fire of my cow-guns, Jules […] gave what you might call a cinematograph reproduction o' sporadic musketry.’1911, Rudyard Kipling, “The Horse Marines”, in A Diversity of Creatures, London: Macmillan and Co., […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 317

Questions about cow guns

What is cow guns the plural of?
Cow guns is the plural of cow gun.

Words near cow guns in the dictionary

  1. cow eyes
  2. Cow Flat
  3. cow grease
  4. cow gum
  5. cow gun
  6. cow guns
  7. cow handed
  8. Cow Head
  9. cow hitch
  10. cow hitches
  11. Cow Hug Day

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