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Definition of Derringer
1. Noun. A pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel.
Definition of Derringer
1. n. A kind of short-barreled pocket pistol, of very large caliber, often carrying a half-ounce ball.
Definition of Derringer
1. Noun. (dated 1800s) a common misspelling of the Deringer pistol. ¹
2. Noun. A type of very small, concealable pistol with one or two barrels, but without any loading system or magazine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Derringer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Derringer
Literary usage of Derringer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value and by John Proffatt, Abraham Clark Freeman (1887)
"Derringer v. PLATE. 129 CALIFORNIA, 292.) RIGHT or PROPERTY m TRADE-MASK is
RECOGNIZED вт COMMON LAW, and does not in any manner depend for its inceptive ..."
2. Reports of Cases, Civil and Criminal, Argued and Adjudged in the Circuit by United States Circuit Court (District of Columbia), Circuit Court (District of Columbia, John Alfred Hayward, George Cochrane Hazleton, United States (1895)
"And the United States in fact say that the said Derringer did not fulfill in
whole, or in part, the said contract, but wholly failed therein, ..."
3. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut by Samuel Orcutt (1886)
"July 6, 1882, William Derringer was elected OD to fill vacancy. WH Lyon was
elected OG. vice Derringer, promoted. "JP Jaquith resigned position Adjutant ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of by George Caines, William G. Banks, New York (State). Supreme Court (1883)
"He now stated, that the only advance Derringer had, to his knowledge, ...
He added, that the assignment was not accepted by Derringer in payment of his ..."
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