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small arm
noun
- Usually small arms. a firearm designed to be held in one or both hands while being fired: in the United States the term is applied to weapons of a caliber of up to one inch (2.5 centimeters).
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Other Words From
- small-armed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of small arm1
First recorded in 1680–90
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Example Sentences
We were then nine million small arm still to the good having spent eleven million.
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Now, suppose each shaft to carry a small, toothed wheel, and that upon these teeth a small arm rests.
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We soon reached a small arm of the Arkansas, on whose fresh, cool water we and our cattle fell insanely.
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The marines and small-arm men returned the fire in right good earnest, while the boats advanced more rapidly than before.
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In this way a big leg may be obtained at the expense of a small arm, or a good ear be the cause of an indifferent eye.
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