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fire stick

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fire-stick (plural fire-sticks)

A mid-19th Century British cavalry fire-stick.
A gun or cannon, especially a rifle. Originally used by or ascribed to members of non-European cultures or anthropomorphized animals describing firearms.
A troop of soldiers, armed with fire-sticks, entered the valley.
I knocked the man down, and he ran into the woods, leaving his fire-stick on the ground.

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fire-stick

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