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shooting-iron

shooting-iron is the alternative spelling of shooting iron.

Meaning of shooting iron

Noun

shooting iron (plural shooting irons)

  1. (US, colloquial, dated) A firearm, especially a handgun.
    • "It ain't the rifle, Harry," Sam said good-temperedly; "it is the eye that is wrong, not the shooting-iron."1895, G. A. Henty, chapter 15, in In the Heart Of The Rockies

Forms of shooting-iron

pluralshooting-irons

Questions about shooting-iron

What is shooting-iron the alternative spelling of?
Shooting-iron is the alternative spelling of shooting iron.

Words near shooting-iron in the dictionary

  1. shooting up
  2. shooting war
  3. shooting wars
  4. shooting-brake
  5. shooting-brakes
  6. shooting-iron
  7. shooting-irons
  8. shooting-jacket
  9. shooting-jackets
  10. shootings
  11. shootingstar

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