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horse pistols

horse pistols is the plural of horse pistol.

Meaning of horse pistol

Noun

horse pistol (plural horse pistols)

  1. A type of large pistol carried on the pommel of a saddle while riding.
    • Above the chimney were sundry villainous old guns, and a couple of horse-pistols: and, by way of ornament, three gaudily-painted cainsters disposed along its ledge.1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, section I

Questions about horse pistols

What is horse pistols the plural of?
Horse pistols is the plural of horse pistol.

Words near horse pistols in the dictionary

  1. horse pastes
  2. horse pill
  3. horse pills
  4. horse piss
  5. horse pistol
  6. horse pistols
  7. horse plum
  8. horse power
  9. horse powers
  10. horse puckey
  11. horse pucky

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