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Definition of Long tom
1. Noun. A long swivel cannon formerly used by the navy.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Long Tom
Literary usage of Long tom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1824)
"We cannot but remind our readers of long Tom Coffin's preparation for the
approaching contest. ' When the drum beat to quarters, he threw aside his jacket, ..."
2. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1897)
"The long-tom consisted of a shallow trough of boards not less than fifteen feet
long by as many inches wide and usually increasing in width towards the end, ..."
3. Mining in the Pacific States of North America by John Shertzer Hittell (1862)
"The long tom. g 111. The torn or long torn is a wooden trough, from eight to
fourteen feet long, eight inches deep, usually about sixteen inches wide at the ..."
4. The Diary of a Forty-niner by Chauncey L. Canfield (1906)
"... THE RIVER—AN INDIAN FUNERAL CEREMONY—THE UPS AND DOWNS OF MINING—THE ADVENT
OF THE LONG- TOM ON ROCK CREEK. ..."
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