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carbine

[kahr-been, -bahyn] / ˈkɑr bin, -baɪn /
NOUN
musket
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“What I remember is the time John Wayne killed three men with a carbine . . . and the time the kitten found Orson Welles in the doorway in The Third Man.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Pusser indeed owned a lot of guns, including a .30 carbine caliber revolver that Mike Elam managed to procure over the course of his investigation.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2025

But any of them might point to Don Hogan Charles’ photo of him peering out of his window while holding an M1 carbine.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2024

The carbine red of two works by the Beirut-based artist Dala Nasser frame the back and a side wall.

From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

I got up from bed and lifted my 30/30 carbine from the wall and listened again near the door of Rocinante— and I heard the steps come closer.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck


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