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Answer for the clue ""We've Got ___" (1978-79 Bob Seger hit) ", 6 letters:
tonite

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tonite is an explosive sometimes used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It consists of a mixture of equal weights of barium nitrate and guncotton . According to "Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise" by P. Gerald Sanford (available via Project ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
explosive used in blasting, 1881, from Latin tonare "to thunder" (see thunder (n.)) + -ite (2).

Usage examples of tonite.

Charles Talor was down to the house tonite and kept us all laffing to hear him tell stories about father and Gim Melcher.

Annie said we have got some napkins tonite, and Frankie said we have got some little plates to put the butter on, and i saw them first, and Annie said we have got some new goblets two, so there, and Frankie run his tung out at Annie and she made up a face at him, and then father told them to stop and they stoped and mother and aunt Sarah turned red and Mister Robinson he looked auful sollum and Mister Fernald looked funny and then he looked at father an begun to laff and father laffed and then we all laffed as hard as we cood, and Mister Fernald he said, dont mind a bit Missis Shute, i have got children of my own, i like Mister Fernald.

Pewt was holering about and he said what is the matter Orrin and Mister Head he said sum cussid boy has been ringing my door bell most every nite and i cougt him tonite and licked him good.

She almost lost her balance as Henry suddenly dropped her altogether and jerked at his Tonite gun.

He yanked a drawer open and withdrew the chromium-plated Tonite gun within.

Then the pale purple of a Tonite beam lashes out in a blaze of fury against the screen of an enemy ship, and in so doing, its own screen is forced to blink out.