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side arm

a weapon of the kind that may be worn at the side or at the waist, as a sword, dagger, or pistol: often used in pl.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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