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flash⋅gun

[flash-guhn]
–noun Photography.
a device that simultaneously discharges a flashbulb and operates a camera shutter.

Origin:
1925–30; flash + gun 1
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flash·gun   (flāsh'gŭn')   
n.  A dry-cell powered photographic apparatus that holds and electrically triggers a flashbulb. Also called flash unit.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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