Dane gun
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
The guns were originally imported into West Africa by Danish traders.
Noun[edit]
- A long-barreled flintlock musket, used and generally manufactured in West Africa.
- 2007, Makuchi, The Sacred Door and Other Stories, page 61:
- Her father summoned all the courage he could muster, loaded his Dane gun, and asked his daughter to take him to this secret hole.