Definition of Sten gun

1. Noun. A lightweight British submachine gun.


Definition of Sten gun

1. Noun. A family of British 9 mm submachine guns used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and the Korean War. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sten Gun

Steinman
Steinmetz
Steinway
Stelios
Stella
Stellar's sea eagle
Stellaria
Stellaria holostea
Stellaria media
Steller
Steller's sea cow
Steller's sea lion
Steller sea lion
Stellite
Sten
Sten gun
Sten guns
Stendhal
Stendhalian
Stengel
Stennian
Stenocarpus
Stenocarpus salignus
Stenocarpus sinuatus
Stenochlaena
Stenopelmatidae
Stenopelmatus
Stenopelmatus fuscus
Stenopterygius quadrisicissus
Stenotaphrum

Literary usage of Sten gun

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. 54 by Wu Ming (2005)
"I'll get out my sten gun and pick them off one by one. Round them all up: Christian Democrats, Americans, Yugoslavs, bang! Only language they understand. ..."

2. De grondbeginselen der Nederlandsche spelling: Regelen der spelling voor het by Lambert Allard te Winkel (1873)
"... dus venster, un-ster, glin-steren, heng-sten, hal-ster, bor-stel, dor-sten, evenzeer als dien-Sten, gun-sten, kun-sten, winsten, ..."

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