Gunworks

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A facility where guns are manufactured.

    "Federal troops were used to break sporadic strikes, as in Cold Springs, New York, where workers at a gunworks asked for a wage increase."

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"Federal troops were used to break sporadic strikes, as in Cold Springs, New York, where workers at a gunworks asked for a wage increase."

Etymology

From gun + works.

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