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

Although some of the guns were returned to the places where they had been stolen, the Tommy gun from Peru never made it home, according Herigstad’s research.

From Washington Times • Mar. 25, 2016

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

That poster on the wall of Winston Churchill, clenching a cigar, clutching a Tommy gun?

From Washington Post