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muff pistol

muff pistol noun: a small flintlock or percussion gun, usually for women, which can be hidden in a muff (hand-warmer).

muff pistol: a small flintlock or percussion gun, usually for women, which can be hidden in a muff (hand-warmer)
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Noun

muff pistol (plural muff pistols)

  1. (historical) A small flintlock or percussion gun, usually for women, which can be hidden in a muff (hand-warmer).
    • A century earlier [than the 1870s], women in dangerous professions, such as tending bar or prostitution, carried a “lady's muff pistol.”2006, Elisabeth Israels Perry and Jennifer Ann Price, expanatory note for An American girl, and her four years in a boys' college by Olive San Louie Anderson, page 203

Forms of muff pistol

pluralmuff pistols

Origin of muff pistol

From muff + pistol.

Questions about muff pistol

What does muff pistol mean?
Muff pistol means a small flintlock or percussion gun, usually for women, which can be hidden in a muff (hand-warmer).
What part of speech is muff pistol?
Muff pistol is a noun.
What is the plural of muff pistol?
The plural of muff pistol is muff pistols.

Words near muff pistol in the dictionary

  1. MUFC
  2. muff
  3. muff diver
  4. muff divers
  5. muff diving
  6. muff pistol
  7. muff pistols
  8. muff up
  9. muff-diver
  10. muff-divers
  11. muff-diving

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