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Dane guns

Dane guns is the plural of Dane gun.

Meaning of Dane gun

Noun

Dane gun (plural Dane guns)

  1. A long-barreled flintlock musket, used and generally manufactured in West Africa.
    • Her father summoned all the courage he could muster, loaded his Dane gun, and asked his daughter to take him to this secret hole.2007, Makuchi, The Sacred Door and Other Stories, page 61
    Synonyms:
    Long Dane

Questions about Dane guns

What is Dane guns the plural of?
Dane guns is the plural of Dane gun.

Words near Dane guns in the dictionary

  1. Dane ax
  2. Dane axe
  3. Dane axes
  4. Dane County
  5. Dane gun
  6. Dane guns
  7. Dane's blood
  8. Dane-hole
  9. Dane-holes
  10. Dane-zaa
  11. Dane-ẕaa

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