submachine gun

noun

noun

Etymology From sub- + machine gun.

A type of short range machine gun that is carried as a personal weapon and uses pistol ammunition.

Bare-chested children and their parents gathered in doorways, on roofs and in windows as he passed, watched warily by Brazilian troops carrying submachine guns.2007 March 9, Jim Rutenberg, Larry Rohter, “Bush’s South America Tour Incites Fight for Attention”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

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