Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A German semiautomatic pistol introduced before World War I and widely used by German troops in World War II.
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- noun A
German semiautomatic pistol used by their troops in both World Wars
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As much as I shouldn't shoot it as much as I do lately, My Luger is furiously fun to unload with.
Fun Guns 2009
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As much as I shouldn't shoot it as much as I do lately, My Luger is furiously fun to unload with.
Fun Guns 2009
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Senator Luger is the only sensible senator from republican side. if we wanted to keep oil price down than, stay away from meddling in middle east.
Senators call for regime change in Iran, but differ on how 2009
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Did he nick the Luger from the German POW who appears to have belt creases in his tunic?
Army Rumour Service 2010
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And let’s be honest, the 9mm Luger is one sweet handgun.
Matthew Yglesias » Marc Thiessen: Obama is Too Good at Killing Terrorists 2010
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but maybe Goebbels and his Luger were a deterrent.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Putting Heidegger in the library’s grave of discarded lies 2009
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The latter's alibi having established his innocence beyond doubt, no definite clues were forthcoming as yet, beyond the foot-prints, the horse, and the "Luger" shell.
The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall
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“Ted, when you were in Taos, searching for your soul, do you recall coming across an artist friend of mine called Luger?
Absolute Friends Le Carre, John, 1931- 2003
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The Holland & Holland, the matched pair of Purdeys, the Weatherby double rifle, the Kimber 1911, the Luger, the K-frame Smith, the Model 70—the only things his father had ever really loved.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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The Holland & Holland, the matched pair of Purdeys, the Weatherby double rifle, the Kimber 1911, the Luger, the K-frame Smith, the Model 70—the only things his father had ever really loved.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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