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pistols at dawn

pistols at dawn noun: a duel.

Noun

pistols at dawn (uncountable)

  1. A duel.
  2. (broadly) A disagreement strong enough to evoke a duel.
    • By rights, the making of To Wong Foo should have been fun for Patrick, Wesley, and John, but from the first it was pistols at dawn.2009, Wendy Leigh, Patrick Swayze: One Last Dance, page 149

Questions about pistols at dawn

What does pistols at dawn mean?
Pistols at dawn means a duel.
What part of speech is pistols at dawn?
Pistols at dawn is a noun.

Words near pistols at dawn in the dictionary

  1. pistolling
  2. pistolls
  3. pistolman
  4. pistology
  5. pistols
  6. pistols at dawn
  7. Pistolvania
  8. pistolwhip
  9. pistolwhipped
  10. pistolwhipping
  11. pistolwhips

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