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名詞

slugthrower (複数形 slugthrowers)

1. (science fiction) A firearm that fires bullets.
   • 1965 December, Dickson, Gordon R., “Warrior”, in Analog Science Fiction and Fact^[1], volume 76, ISSN 1059-2113, page 71:

     He had been pulling the trigger of his slugthrower all this time, but now the firing pin clicked at last upon an empty firing chamber.

   • 1978, Anderson, Poul, The Avatar^[2], New York: Berkley, ISBN 0399122281, OL 4720828M, page 162:

     Each had a holstered sidearm: slugthrower, not stunner.

   • 1996, Nye, Jody Lynn, The Ship Errant, Baen, ISBN 0671877542, OL 989453M, page 65:

     From the confident manner with which she held her long-barreled slugthrower, Mirina guessed that some of the medals were for marksmanship.

上位語

• gun