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(thing) by jodamn (3.3 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Thu Dec 26 2002 at 4:11:27

In addition to being a maker of bows and arrows, the Fletcher was also the handgun weapon that Molly (or Sally, depending on which book) used in Neuromancer, the first of William Gibson's Sprawl Trilogy (also containing Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive. The gun shot multiple 'flechettes' (flèche in French means 'arrow') in a cluster, containing anything from explosives to tranquilizers.

Although a clear description of the Fletcher was not given in the novels, the screenplay describes it as having four barrels, along with a pepperbox muzzle. It is fed from a clip located in the handle of the gun.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:41:42

Fletch"er (?), n. [OF. flechier.]

One who fletches of feathers arrows; a manufacturer of bows and arrows.

[Obs.]

Mortimer.

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Fletch	Arrow	radio communication	Uncle
pre	George Washington's 1792 State of the Union Address	Piers Anthony	Didsbury Dozen
Neuromancer	Flechette	Fletcherize	Nock
bow	Dumb laws	feltcher	pressure
mass	Unicode Middle Eastern Scripts	Clothyard	Ryan Fletcher
Midway	bowdlerize	University of South Florida	Poulterer

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