slugthrower
English
Etymology
slug + thrower
Noun
slugthrower (plural slugthrowers)
- (science fiction) A firearm that fires bullets.
- 1965 December, Dickson, Gordon R., “Warrior”, in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, volume 76, ISSN 1059-2113, page 71:
- He had been pulling the trigger of his slugthrower all this time, but now the firing pin clicked at last upon an empty firing chamber.
- 1978, Anderson, Poul, The Avatar, New York: Berkley, →ISBN, OL 4720828M, page 162:
- Each had a holstered sidearm: slugthrower, not stunner.
- 1996, Nye, Jody Lynn, The Ship Errant, Baen, →ISBN, OL 989453M, page 65:
- From the confident manner with which she held her long-barreled slugthrower, Mirina guessed that some of the medals were for marksmanship.
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Hypernyms
- gun