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Tommy gun
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Proper noun
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Proper noun
Tommy gun
Plural
Tommy guns
A Tommy gun
A
Tommy gun
(short for
Thompson submachine gun
) is a
weapon
often used by the
Mafia
.
John T. Thompson invented the
Tommy gun
in 1919. It was popular because it was small yet powerful.
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