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Six-gun   /sɪks-gən/   Listen
Six-gun

noun
1.
A pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets).  Synonyms: revolver, six-shooter.






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"Six-gun" Quotes from Famous Books



... arm upon the bar and leaned forward confidentially. "Fatty," he drawled, "you're a liar." The other noted the hand that rested lightly upon the cowman's hip near the ivory butt of the six-gun that protruded from its holster, and took no offence. His customer continued: "They ain't no such horse—an' if they was, you couldn't own him. They ain't no man ever throw'd a kak on Ace of Spades but me, an' as fer sellin' ...
— The Texan - A Story of the Cattle Country • James B. Hendryx

... her foreman. "I'm with my boss clear down the line. And as soon as she lets me turn loose my six-gun, you'll hear ...
— Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West • William MacLeod Raine



Words linked to "Six-gun" :   shooting iron, handgun, revolver, side arm, pistol, colt



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