Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See stend.
Wiktionary
- n. The Sten gun, a family of British 9-millimeter submachine guns used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II, the Korean War and may other conflicts.
Etymologies
- From the names of the weapon's chief designers, Major Reginald Shepherd and Harold Turpin, and EN for Enfield (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Erik Sten is starting to look like a fiscal conservative by comparison.”
“BTW, that new-fangled sub-machine gun manufactured from stamped metal parts - I believe that it's going to be called the "Sten" - it's never going to work is it?”
“Simple in design, water- and dirt-proof and absurdly cheap it cost just a pound and a half to manufacture one, the Sten was the guerrilla weapon par excellence.”
“Con thought for a moment and asked, "You ever hear him called 'Sten'?”
“Write to Margot Patrick at margot.patrick@dowjones.com and Sten Stovall at sten.stovall@dowjones.com”
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“Write to Sten Stovall at sten.stovall@dowjones.com”
“We look forward to your advice — liberals will love you for your tolerance of all types, and conservatives will certainly admire your ability to assemble and fire a Sten Automatic rifle blindfolded in under a minute.”
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“Write to William Lyons at william.lyons@wsj.com and Sten Stovall at sten.stovall@dowjones.com”
“Love the Sten series too, though I've misplaced one of the novels somewhere during a move and haven not re-read it in a while (I will once I replace that missing volume).”
“The Sten series by Allen Cole and Chris Bunch - One of my all time favorite series.”
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