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Derringer   /dˈɛrəndʒər/   Listen
Derringer

noun
1.
A pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel.





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"Derringer" Quotes from Famous Books



... decision. "You see the necessity. You can't. But a derringer is about as good, and Jones has them for sale. Now as for your holster gun: the whole trick of quick drawing is to throw your right shoulder forward and drag the gun from the holster with one forward sweep. Don't lift ...
— Gold • Stewart White
... appreciate the nice distinction between meum and tuum. The band of one Belcha, which was hovering in the neighbourhood of San Sebastian, had a shady reputation. It would be unjust to tempt these simple-minded guerrilleros with the sight of a Derringer, a hunting-watch, a tobacco-pouch, or a reconnoitring-glass. All these articles are useful on the hills. But even Belcha's looters had some conscience; they drew the line at money and wedding-rings. Besides, in cases of robbery ...
— Romantic Spain - A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) • John Augustus O'Shea
... LOBELIA's scholars discovered soon she'd a dead-sure notion of discipline; For her satin palm had a sting like steel, and the rowdiest rebel respected her, When she'd stretched out six of the hardest lots in the Bible-Class with a Derringer! ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101, July 18, 1891 • Various
... closely shaven lips on the crown of her dark head, and as her small arms clipped his neck, drew her closely to his side. The child uttered a slight cry; the colonel hurriedly put his hand to his breast. Her round cheek had come in contact with his derringer—a small weapon of beauty and precision—which invariably nestled also at his side, in his waistcoat pocket. The child laughed; so did the colonel, ...
— Trent's Trust and Other Stories • Bret Harte
... tents, or even blankets, while the arms they bore represented every separate species ever invented. I saw them straggle past with long squirrel rifles, Hessian muskets, and even one fellow proudly bearing a silver-mounted derringer. The men had chosen officers from out their own ranks by popular election, and these exercised their authority ...
— The Devil's Own - A Romance of the Black Hawk War • Randall Parrish


Words linked to "Derringer" :   shooting iron, handgun, side arm, pistol


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