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thirty-thirty

thirty-thirty noun: a thirty calibre firearm designed for cartridges that originally held thirty grains of smokeless powder.

Noun

thirty-thirty (plural thirty-thirties)

  1. A thirty calibre firearm designed for cartridges that originally held thirty grains of smokeless powder.
    • "What do you know about thirty-thirties?" "Huh, I know lots. My other pop was tellin' me you could git a man with a thirty a whole heap farther than you could with any ole forty-four or them guns. I shot heaps of rabbits with his."1919, Hennry Herbert Knibbs, The Ridin' Kid from Powder River, page 16
    • Now that the season has arrived in many parts of the country for the nimrods to load their trusty Thirty-Thirties and go forth in quest of the elusive deer, it seems an appropriate time to say a word about the skilleting of venison — which can be a pretty tough and dry proposition if not properly...1960, The Cattleman, volume 47, page 46

Forms of thirty-thirty

pluralthirty-thirties

Questions about thirty-thirty

What does thirty-thirty mean?
Thirty-thirty means a thirty calibre firearm designed for cartridges that originally held thirty grains of smokeless powder.
What part of speech is thirty-thirty?
Thirty-thirty is a noun.
What is the plural of thirty-thirty?
The plural of thirty-thirty is thirty-thirties.

Words near thirty-thirty in the dictionary

  1. thirty-something
  2. thirty-somethings
  3. thirty-third
  4. thirty-thirds
  5. thirty-thirties
  6. thirty-thirty
  7. thirty-thousand-foot view
  8. thirty-three
  9. thirty-threes
  10. thirty-two
  11. thirty-twomo

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