six-shooter

Noun
Synonyms: revolversix-gun

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Noun (1)

  1. a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)Synonyms: revolversix-gunType of pistol, handgunKinds Colt, blank revolver
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Six′-shoot′er noun

A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially, a six-chambered revolver. Colloq. U.S.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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