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Kennykamel Posted 21 years ago
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Give 'em both barrels ?

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0 Hi kenny, and welcome. 02br 02br 00It refers to a double-barrelled shot gun. If you fire both barrels at once, then you double your fire power.

— Abbie1948

  • 0 Hi kenny, and welcome.
  • 02br 02br 00It refers to a double-barrelled shot gun.
  • If you fire both barrels at once, then you double your fire power.
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0 Hi kenny, and welcome. 02br
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00It refers to a double-barrelled shot gun. If you fire both barrels at once, then you double your fire power. 0-
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0Yes, 'put maximum effort and content into your response'. 0-
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0 Thank you! 02br
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00Is it correctly to say that the meaning is that "you give it all at once" or "you give all that you have"? 0-
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0'Give it all you have!' 02br
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00('All at once' means at the same time, but does not accentuate the 'all'.) 0-
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0 Perfect! 02br
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00Thank you for these quick answers. Much needed 050010id1
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This is hard to see, but the bottom barrel is a gun and the top barrel is a rivet gun, commonly used in facotires and manufacturing plants. It is talking about how the war is fought with guns and factories/manufacturing plants. If you look at other WW2 posters, this is a common theme.
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