Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A spring-gun.
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Examples
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He knew where there was a trip wire laid that fired a set-gun and he located it in the dark, stepped over it, and started along the small stream bordered with poplars whose leaves were moving with the night wind.
For Whom The Bell Tolls Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1940
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He knew where there was a trip wire laid that fired a set-gun and he located it in the dark, stepped over it, and started along the small stream bordered with poplars whose leaves were moving with the night wind.
For Whom The Bell Tolls Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1940
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