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elephant gun
noun- any powerful rifle US, 1918
- The first time I fired it, I was tensed up for a real jaw-shaking, something much worse than a .458 Winchester Magnum elephant gun. — John Plaster, Ultimate Snipe, p. 160, 1993
- an M79 grenade launcher US, 1964
Vietnam war usage. It is a single-shot, break-open, breechloading, shoulder-fired weapon. - Then turned to with M-16 automatic rifles, M-79 “elephant gun” grenade launchers, and expert fire with M-60 machine guns. — Richard Tregaskis, Southeast Asia, p. 380, 1975
- — Solider of Fortnue, p. 57, July 1992
- Scharne snatched the elephant gun, which looks like a king-size single-barrel shotgun, and broke open the breech. — Robin Moore, The Green Berets, p. 208, 2007
- a surfboard designed for big-wave conditions US
- — Grant W. Kuhns, On Surfing, p. 116, 1963
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