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Traditional English :: gunrunner
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gunrunning.html - n. a person engaged in the illegal sale or importing of firearms. |
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Traditional English :: gunrunner
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gunrunning.html - n. a person engaged in the illegal sale or importing of firearms. |
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Traditional English :: gunroom
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gunrunning.html - n.
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1 a room in a house for storing sporting-guns.
2 quarters for junior officers (orig. for gunners) in a warship. |
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Traditional English :: gunrunner
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gunrunning.html - n. a person engaged in the illegal sale or importing of firearms. |
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English Idioms :: gun
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gunrunning.html - See: BIG CHEESE or BIG GUN, GIVE IT THE GUN or GIVE HER THE GUN, GREAT GODFREY or GREAT GUNS, JUMP THE GUN, SON OF A GUN, STICK TO ONE'S GUNS or STAND BY ONE'S GUNS, TILL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED or UNTIL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED. |
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English Idioms :: gun for
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gunrunning.html - {v.}, {informal} 1. To hunt for with a gun; look hard for a chance to harm or defeat. * /The cowboy is gunning for the man who stole his horse./ * /Bob is gunning for me because I got a higher mark than he did./ 2. To try very hard to get. * /The man is gunning for first prize in the golf tournament./ |
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