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Owen gun

/ ˈəʊən /

noun

  1. a type of simple recoil-operated 9 mm sub-machine-gun first used by Australian forces in World War II
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Owen gun1

named after E. E. Owen (1915–49), its Australian inventor

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