Definition of "ramrods" [ramrods]

• Plural form of ramrod. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ramrod. (verb)

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• "There were many other relics of antiquity in this line, which had been contributed by his friends, – large pistols and small pistols, loading with ramrods from the muzzle, clubs and spears from the South Sea Islands; and, in fact, it was quite a cabinet of curiosities of obsolete warfare."
• "We should be questioning the wisdom of the voters who keep putting two of the problems back in office who were the ramrods of the two losers that started this recession."
• "Blackpowder guns will tolerate things like ramrods in the barrel that centerfire rifles and shotguns will not."