Definitions
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- adjective By or in
terms ofguns . - adverb By or in
terms ofguns .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Most people come to grief copwise/gunwise when they are pulled over for traffic violations or for speeding.
On Cops and Guns 2008
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And then the Martian beside us raised his tube on high and discharged it, gunwise, with a heavy report that made the ground heave.
The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009
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Martian beside us raised his tube on high and discharged it, gunwise, with a heavy report that made the ground heave.
The War of the Worlds Herbert George 2006
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She held a small, beautifully worked handgun loosely beside her -- the twin-barrelled sporting Denton which gunwise citizens of the
Legacy James H. Schmitz 1946
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And then the Martian beside us raised his tube on high and discharged it, gunwise, with a heavy report that made the ground heave.
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And then the Martian beside us raised his tube on high and discharged it, gunwise, with a heavy report that made the ground heave.
Chapter Fifteen: What Had Happened in Surrey Herbert George 1898
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And then the Martian beside us raised his tube on high and discharged it, gunwise, with a heavy report that made the ground heave.
The War of the Worlds Herbert George 1898
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