38

[ thur-tee-eyt ]

noun,plural 38s, 38's.
  1. a pistol or revolver using a cartridge approximately .38 inch in diameter.

  2. the cartridge itself.

  • Also thir·ty-eight .

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How to use 38 in a sentence

  • They were overhead so briefly that Don noticed only that they were P-38's, at least four of them.

  • In the gray dawn he saw that the two new men understood how to get speed out of a Lockheed P-38.

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