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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Carry Arms!

Hold your gun in the right hand, the barrel nearly perpendicular, and resting against the hollow of the shoulder, the thumb and forefinger embracing the guard. (A military command.) (See Carry Swords .)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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