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noun • a person who ousts or supplants someone else • a mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing • An injector, ejector, steam ejector, steam injector, eductor-jet pump or thermocompressor is a type of pump. | ||||||||
35% | 7 | It has a trigger and a firing mechanism | ||||||
noun • a portable gun | ||||||||
33% | 9 | Historical firearm with a distinctive mechanism | ||||||
noun • an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge | ||||||||
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