Usage of "six-shooter"

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A pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)

Usage of six-shooter in English

He must oppose his simple weapon to the six-shooter and the life-preserver. 
 The Firm of Girdlestone 

He laughed into the very muzzle of the six-shooter that covered him. 
 Mavericks 

For a moment Cummins looked grave, and he reached for his six-shooter. 
 Forty-one Thieves: A Tale of California 

Your weapons range from a six-shooter to a mallet to a shield. 
 The Irish Times 

She never once thought of the six-shooter which Starr had given her. 
 Starr, of the Desert 

I had just time to whip out my six-shooter and fire once. 
 The Golden Canyon 

Bat had belted on his big six-shooter, and Walt carried the shotgun. 
 Pluck on the Long Trail; Or, Boy Scouts in the Rockies 

He struck the six-shooter from Charleton's hand and the battle was joined. 
 Judith of the Godless Valley 

This so enraged Wilson that he pulled out his six-shooter, and exclaimed: 
 Biography of a Slave, Being the Experiences of Rev. Charles Thom... 

About your waist you will wear your cartridge-belt with six-shooter and sheath-knife. 
 The Mountains 

This was talk that might have to be backed by a six-shooter. 
 Oh, You Tex! 

Then he found himself looking up into the barrel of Johnny's six-shooter. 
 The Thunder Bird 

Bud's six-shooter lay in its scabbard ten feet away from his hand. 
 Stories from Everybody's Magazine 

You'll go it alone if you go to foggin' with a six-shooter. 
 Man-Size 

Bob, aware too late of the man's intention, reached for his six-shooter. 
 Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ... 

I haven't got anything but my old six-shooter, which I can't spare. 
 Judith of the Godless Valley 

Frequent collocations

Translations for six-shooter

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Six-shooter through the time

Meanings of six-shooter in English