Six-shooter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Six-shooter is a noun meaning (colloquial, dated) A revolver which holds six cartridges.
Meaning
(colloquial, dated) A revolver which holds six cartridges.
Example Sentences
Five or six of them youngsters, weren’t but two of them upwards of twelve or thirteen, they outs with their six-shooters and had me covered.
He drank a quart of whisky a day; was almost never drunk, but on rare occasions when the liquor fumes bested him he would invariably select a hapless victim and, whipping out the pair of mother-o’-pearl-handled six-shooters he always wore at his belt, would force him to dance by shooting at his feet—a pleasing fancy brought with him from Texas and the Cimarron.
Word Forms
- six-shooters
Synonyms for six-shooter
Depending on context, synonyms include six-gun, revolver.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include six-gun, revolver, sixshooter, seven-shooter, sixgun, six-pack.
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