eight·y-eight (ātē-āt)
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Tweet n. 1. A high-velocity gun with a caliber of 88 millimeters, used by German troops as an antiaircraft and antitank weapon during World War II. 2. An artillery shell, especially one fired by this gun. 3. Slang A piano. [Sense 3, from the number of its keys.] |
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