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proper noun The Sten gun, a family of British 9-millimeter submachine guns used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II, the Korean War and may other conflicts.
Etymologies
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From the names of the weapon's chief designers, Major Reginald Shepherd and Harold Turpin, and EN for Enfield
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Examples
Erik Sten is starting to look like a fiscal conservative by comparison.
BTW, that new-fangled sub-machine gun manufactured from stamped metal parts - I believe that it's going to be called the "Sten" - it's never going to work is it?
BTW, that new-fangled sub-machine gun manufactured from stamped metal parts - I believe that it's going to be called the "Sten" - it's never going to work is it?
BTW, that new-fangled sub-machine gun manufactured from stamped metal parts - I believe that it's going to be called the "Sten" - it's never going to work is it?
BTW, that new-fangled sub-machine gun manufactured from stamped metal parts - I believe that it's going to be called the "Sten" - it's never going to work is it?
Simple in design, water- and dirt-proof and absurdly cheap it cost just a pound and a half to manufacture one, the Sten was the guerrilla weapon par excellence.
Simple in design, water- and dirt-proof and absurdly cheap it cost just a pound and a half to manufacture one, the Sten was the guerrilla weapon par excellence.
Simple in design, water- and dirt-proof and absurdly cheap it cost just a pound and a half to manufacture one, the Sten was the guerrilla weapon par excellence.
Simple in design, water- and dirt-proof and absurdly cheap it cost just a pound and a half to manufacture one, the Sten was the guerrilla weapon par excellence.
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