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Definition of Pistol-whip
1. Verb. Beat with a pistol. "They want to pistol-whip the prisoners "
Definition of Pistol-whip
1. Verb. (transitive) To strike or beat someone with a pistol, especially with its butt. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pistol-whip
Literary usage of Pistol-whip
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1835)
"You will, perhaps, be surprised, when I tell you that, above a year ago, a friend
of mine sent a pistol whip, of a similar construction, ..."
2. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1835)
"You will, perhaps, be surprised, when I tell you that, above a year ago, a friend
ef mine sent a pistol whip, of a similar construction, ..."
3. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass (1855)
"You will see one of these human-flesh-jobbers, armed with pistol, whip, and
bowie-knife, driving a company of a hundred men, women, and children, ..."
4. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass (1857)
"You will see one of these human-flesh-jobbers, armed with pistol, whip, and
bowie-knife, driving a company of a hundred men, women, and children, ..."
5. The Practices and Procedures of the Investigating Services of the Deparment edited by Strom Thurmond (1998)
"... if the COB was there right then, he would knee cap him and then pistol whip him.
Wright added that he didn't think Dennis actually would have done this ..."
6. The jewels of the Madonna: opera in three acts on Neapolitan life by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Carlo Zangarini, Enrico Golisciani (1912)
"... which are plastered with lithograph pictures of love-scenes or achievements
of popular heroes, hang some disused weapons (musket, pistol, whip, etc.). ..."
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