Etymograph

English

slugthrower

From slug + thrower.

A compound of slug + thrower

Middle English slugge ‘lazy person", also "sloth, slothfulness’

English slug

Middle English thrower

English thrower

Today it means

noun A firearm that fires bullets.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “slugthrower”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / slugthrower