Thirty-thirty

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Noun
  1. 1
    A thirty calibre firearm designed for cartridges that originally held thirty grains of smokeless powder.

    ""What do you know about thirty-thirties?" "Huh, I know lots. My other pop was tellin' me you could git a man with a thirty a whole heap farther than you could with any ole forty-four or them guns. I shot heaps of rabbits with his.""

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""What do you know about thirty-thirties?" "Huh, I know lots. My other pop was tellin' me you could git a man with a thirty a whole heap farther than you could with any ole forty-four or them guns. I shot heaps of rabbits with his.""

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