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winchester
OXFORD DICTIONARY
winchester, n.
1 propr. a breech-loading repeating rifle.
2 (in full Winchester disk) Computing a hermetically sealed data-storage device with high capacity (so called because its original numerical designation corresponded to that of the rifle's calibre).
1 propr. a breech-loading repeating rifle.
2 (in full Winchester disk) Computing a hermetically sealed data-storage device with high capacity (so called because its original numerical designation corresponded to that of the rifle's calibre).
Etymology
O. F. Winchester d. 1880, US manufacturer of the rifle
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