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derringer

or ··

[ der-in-jer ]

noun

  1. an early short-barreled pocket pistol.


derringer

/ ˈɛɪԻə /

noun

  1. a short-barrelled pocket pistol of large calibre
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of derringer1

1850–55, Americanism; named after Henry Deringer, mid-19th-century American gunsmith who invented it
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of derringer1

C19: named after Henry Deringer, American gunsmith who invented it
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During a second search of the hotel room, officers located a .22-caliber derringer under a couch cushion, the charges said.

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The assailant’s two flintlock derringers both misfired, and an enraged Jackson clubbed the would-be assassin with his walking stick before the man was subdued.

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Brigid also learns how to swoon on cue and aim a derringer in this vibrant new series.

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Like a smart dame — a derringer in her sequined clutch — outwitting a patsy, the story of the city is a protagonist’s search for answers no matter how unseemly.

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I’d walk downtown to Ford’s Theatre and go to the basement museum and see the derringer that John Wilkes Booth used.

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