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pom-pom

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Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

pom-pomn. [Imitative.].
     originally, a Vickers-Maxim one-pounder automatic machine cannon using metallic ammunition fed from a lopped belt attached to the gun; -- popularly so called from its peculiar drumming sound in action. More recently, the term is applied mostly to automatic antiaircraft cannons.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pom-pom, n. an automatic quick-firing gun esp. on a ship.

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