Tommy gun

Example Sentences

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There’s no Tommy gun showdown with the killer in this story, no chase through tunnels or urban alleys and no triumphant clacking of handcuffs on the wrists of a guilty maniac.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2022

Among the firearms he owns are several fully automatic weapons, including a Thompson submachine gun, or Tommy gun, and a Model 50 Reising submachine gun.

From The Guardian • Sep. 20, 2016

Realism was the goal, whether the manufacturer was trying to copy the cowboys’ favorite revolver or a World War II Tommy gun.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2014

Willie Burns had a Tommy gun on the bench in front of him when his 18 handpicked candidates arrived at the 77th Street station on the edge of Watts.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2014

No matter what you call it - the “Chicago Typewriter,” the “trench broom,” the “chopper,” the “annihilator” - the Tommy gun is a vintage Hollywood favorite.

From Washington Times • Jun. 6, 2014