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Mills bomb

noun

Etymology

Named after British inventor Sir William Mills (1856–1932).

Definitions

  1. Any of a series of British fragmentation hand grenades.

    • They made a rush forward again, the dust and smoke clearing a little, and they heard the elastic twang of Mills bombs as they reached an empty trench, very narrow where shelling had not wrecked or levelled it.
    • He said when he pulled the pin out of the Mills bomb, he was always afraid it would go off before he got it out of his hand.

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