Meanings
plural Dane guns · alternative dane-gun · alternative dane gun
- A long-barreled flintlock musket, used and generally manufactured in West Africa.
Her father summoned all the courage he could muster, loaded his Dane gun, and asked his daughter to take him to this secret hole.
2007, Makuchi, The Sacred Door and Other Stories, page 61Synonyms: Long Dane
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA long-barreled flintlock musket, used and generally manufactured in West Africa.
Origin
From Danish traders, who originally imported the guns into West Africa.
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Dane gun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dane%20gun
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