Whizz-bang

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small calibre shell from World War I. British, historical, slang

    "Some other new chaps started blazing away, too. Fritz retaliated with machine-guns and whizz-bangs. No casualties."

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"Some other new chaps started blazing away, too. Fritz retaliated with machine-guns and whizz-bangs. No casualties."

Etymology

From the noise made.

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