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- proper noun The
nickname of thenuclear bomb dropped over Hiroshima,Japan on August 6, 1945.
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Examples
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It credits Mr. Fuoco with solving a top-secret puzzle involving what he claimed was an accident with the Hiroshima weapon, known as Little Boy, as it was being readied at an air base on Tinian, an island in the Western Pacific.
NYT > Home Page By WILLIAM J. BROAD 2010
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It credits Mr. Fuoco with solving a top-secret puzzle involving what he claimed was an accident with the Hiroshima weapon, known as Little Boy, as it was being readied at an air base on Tinian, an island in the Western Pacific.
NYT > Home Page By WILLIAM J. BROAD 2010
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It credits Mr. Fuoco with solving a top-secret puzzle involving what he claimed was an accident with the Hiroshima weapon, known as Little Boy, as it was being readied at an air base on Tinian, an island in the Western Pacific.
NYT > Home Page By WILLIAM J. BROAD 2010
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It credits Mr. Fuoco with solving a top-secret puzzle involving what he claimed was an accident with the Hiroshima weapon, known as Little Boy, as it was being readied at an air base on Tinian, an island in the Western Pacific.
NYT > Home Page By WILLIAM J. BROAD 2010
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It credits Mr. Fuoco with solving a top-secret puzzle involving what he claimed was an accident with the Hiroshima weapon, known as Little Boy, as it was being readied at an air base on Tinian, an island in the Western Pacific.
NYT > Home Page By WILLIAM J. BROAD 2010
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It credits Mr. Fuoco with solving a top-secret puzzle involving what he claimed was an accident with the Hiroshima weapon, known as Little Boy, as it was being readied at an air base on Tinian, an island in the Western Pacific.
NYT > Home Page By WILLIAM J. BROAD 2010
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But this college dropout has determined the design of the bombs dropped over Hiroshima ( "Little Boy") and Nagasaki ( "Fat Man"), and built an exact replica of Little Boy.
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They knew without a doubt that Little Boy would work.
The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011
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Cyrus had left a dozen men behind to guard the tent that held Little Boy.
The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011
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About half an hour had passed since Cyrus ordered his men to remove him from the large tent where Little Boy was and bring him to this smaller, darker tent.
The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011
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