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Definition of Derringers
1. derringer [n] - See also: derringer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Derringers
Literary usage of Derringers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
"tant, and thrusting his hands into his pockets with an air of drawing derringers.
" Perhaps not," assented Nellie, sagaciously ; she was leading the way to ..."
2. The Journal of Negro History by Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, inc (1922)
"Continuing, Stephens told me how well he was prepared for emergencies; and he
displayed two single-barreled, breech-loading derringers. ..."
3. History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, 1540-1888 by Hubert Howe Bancroft, History Company (1887)
"went into his gallery one day, September the 24th, 1858, to look at a pair of
derringers he thought of purchasing. While his friend was examining the ..."
4. Popular Tribunals by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1887)
"went into his gallery one day, September the 24th, 1858, to look at a pair of
derringers he thought of purchasing. While his friend was examining the ..."
5. Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War by David Dixon Porter (1885)
"The doctor gazed on the fellow as he tumbled on board the flag-ship, and if he
had had one of his derringers handy I fear it would have been all up with the ..."
6. On the Border with Crook by John Gregory Bourke (1891)
"at home, and nothing taken along but a few derringers, which would come handy in
case of accident. There were some five or six of us—all friends of ..."
7. A Year of Wreck: A True Story by George Chittenden Benham (1880)
"Dobson had a pair of derringers, also of navy-sixes, which I borrowed. ...
Both Dobson's derringers and navy-sixes came into use several times, ..."
8. History of Arizona by Thomas Edwin Farish (1916)
"... all the heavy armament was left at home, and nothing taken along but a few
derringers, which would come handy in case of accident. ..."
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