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** English
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A device used to ram ; a ramrod .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1853 | author=w:Charles Dickens | title=Household Words | volume=6 | page=387
|passage=A "mooner," fond of staring into shop windows, or watching the
labourers pulling up the pavement to inspect the gas-pipes, or listening
stolidly to the dull "pech" of the paviour's RAMMER on the flags.}}
1. * {{ RQ:Kipling Jungle Book
|passage=[...] I put my waterproof over the muzzle of one gun, and made a sort
of wigwam with two or three RAMMERS that I found, and lay along the tail of
another gun [...]}}
1. One who, or that, ram s.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2014 | author=Benerson Little | title=The Sea Rover's Practice
|passage=The loader [...] placed the cartridge in the muzzle and shoved it in
as far as he could. The RAMMER rammed it home, the gun captain inserting his
priming wire to make sure.}}
**** Derived terms
- [en]
**** Translations
[tool]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
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[en]
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Noun
[nb]
1. [nb]
*** Verb
[nb]
1. [nb]
** Norwegian Nynorsk
*** Noun
[nn]
1. [nn]