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six-shooter

[ siks-shoo-ter, -shoo- ]

noun

  1. a revolver from which six shots can be fired without reloading.


six-shooter

noun

  1. informal.
    a revolver with six chambers Also calledsix-gun
“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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Origin of six-shooter1

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
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Perhaps he preferred a stylish single-shot to blazing away with a six-shooter.

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Smith & Wesson made its name with handguns, such as Dirty Harry’s “Feeling Lucky?†six-shooter.

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Fortunately, the heroes’ weapons — like a flamethrower and an electrified gauntlet — are more powerful than your standard six-shooter.

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Her John Wayne gallops stiff-backed on an elongated red carousel pony, a silver six-shooter held high.

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Legends of pistol-packing preachers who trekked through the West with, as one of them said, “Bible in pocket, gun in hand†permanently joined evangelism to the six-shooter in some corners of the American imagination.

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