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Thompson Mil. (orig. U.S.).|ˈtɒm(p)sən|
The name of John T. Thompson (1860–1940), U.S. general, used attrib. and absol. to designate a type of sub-machine-gun which was conceived by him and financed by his company, and named after him in 1919 at the insistence of its designer, O. V. Payne. Cf. tommy gun.
1920Army & Navy Jrnl. 2 Oct. 120/1 Colonel Thompson is now connected with the Auto-Ordnance Corporation of New York City, which has put the Thompson sub-machine gun on the market. 1921M. Thompson Let. 26 Apr. in W. J. Helmer Gun that made Twenties Roar (1969) iv. 69 We came back with a tentative agreement on their part to purchase 50,000 Thompsons. 1933‘J. Spenser’ Limey ii. 27 There was a Thompson sub⁓machine gun, universally known in gangland as a ‘Tommy gun’. 1946D. M. Ward Other Battle xxi. 140 An order was placed in America for Thompsons, but by the time the first few were delivered it was realized that not enough ·45 ammunition could be made. 1970E. K. Walker in W. King Black Short Story Anthol. (1972) 54 Captain Bull..carried a Thompson submachine gun at high port. 1978D. Murphy Place Apart ii. 22 Kerins had a Thompson under the bed but he never had a chance to use it. |
