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Definition of Machine pistol
1. Noun. A fully automatic pistol; a small submachine gun.
Definition of Machine pistol
1. Noun. A lightweight submachine gun, capable of being fired with one hand ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Machine Pistol
Literary usage of Machine pistol
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Small Unit Actions in World War II in France, Italy and Spain by DIANE Publishing Company (1997)
"They had advanced only 15 yards when a machine gun or machine pistol—it ...
After a silence, the German discharged a machine pistol straight up in the air. ..."
2. Front Lines by Boyd Cable (1918)
"... artillery probably, Archies included, if they'd been asked, and given every
man a machine- gun on his shoulder and a machine-pistol in his hip-pocket. ..."
3. Small Arms, Big Impact: The Next Challenge of Disarmament by Michael Renner (1998)
"... and the Israeli Uzi machine pistol (10 million). In addition to licensed
production of these and other small weapons, several countries are apparently ..."
4. Three Plays for Puritans by Bernard Shaw (1906)
"The most dangerous chieftain in these parts, the Sheikh Sidi el Assif, has a new
American machine pistol which fires ten bullets without loadin; ..."
5. Do the Right Thing: The People's Economist Speaks by Walter Edward Williams (1995)
"... machine pistol-toting BATF agents and Nazi SS agents who, fifty years earlier,
similarly dressed and equipped, attacked the Jewish compound in Warsaw, ..."
6. The Educational Value of Certain After-school Materials and Activities in by Morris Meister (1921)
"... Moving Picture Machine Battleship Blinker Automobile (winding) Tank Aeroplane
Recko Tool Chest Lathe Shocking machine pistol Transformer Rifle Submarine ..."