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Definition of Six-shooter
1. Noun. A pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets).
Specialized synonyms: Colt
Generic synonyms: Handgun, Pistol, Shooting Iron, Side Arm
Definition of Six-shooter
1. Noun. (colloquial dated) A revolver which holds six cartridges. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Six-shooter
Literary usage of Six-shooter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outing (1892)
"evincing what an arrant coward it was, until Strickland, taking deliberate aim
with his six shooter, fired. It then sprung, but missed him and made off ..."
2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"six-shooter horse (West American), a swift horse. A six- shooter is a revolver
... I'd get on one of the six-shooter horses —a six-shooter horse is a heap ..."
3. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1860)
"In the Western States, on the frontier, as well as in California, this murderous
weapon is universally called a " five " or a " six shooter," according to ..."
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