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sweetheart grip

noun

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  1. A custom, transparent handgun grip panel, primarily used by American servicemen during…

    A custom, transparent handgun grip panel, primarily used by American servicemen during World War II, with a photograph of a loved one placed underneath.

    • Where can you find these historical sweetheart grips? […] This French Unique 25 auto (1920–1930) ... does show the spread of the sweetheart grip outside the war. The elderly man who sold the gun said it was his wife in the photos.
    • I waved him back and drew my Colt, the .45’s Sweetheart Grip smooth in my hand.
    • Asia stopped looking at the photo in the Sweetheart Grip my ol’ granddaddy made during World War II.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of sweetheart grip.

    • I waved him back and drew my Colt, the .45’s Sweetheart Grip smooth in my hand.
    • Asia stopped looking at the photo in the Sweetheart Grip my ol’ granddaddy made during World War II.

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