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slugthrowers

slugthrowers is the plural of slugthrower.

Meaning of slugthrower

Noun

slugthrower (plural slugthrowers)

  1. A firearm that fires bullets.
    • 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.1965 December, Gordon R. Dickson, “Warrior”, in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, volume 76, →ISSN, page 71

Questions about slugthrowers

What is slugthrowers the plural of?
Slugthrowers is the plural of slugthrower.

Words near slugthrowers in the dictionary

  1. slugs
  2. slugs away
  3. slugs it out
  4. slugs out
  5. slugthrower
  6. slugthrowers
  7. slugworm
  8. slugworms
  9. sluice
  10. sluice box
  11. sluice boxes

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