chopper
n.— «Witnesses told police Turner said they would take their “choppers,” a street term for automatic rifles and kill everyone in the house.» —“New Details Released in Family Killing” by Pam Elliot WISH-TV (Indianapolis, Indiana) June 6, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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