six-shooter
six-shooter noun: a revolver which holds six cartridges.
Noun
six-shooter (plural six-shooters)
- A revolver which holds six cartridges.
- He drank a quart of whisky a day; was almost never drunk, but on rare occasions when the liquor fumes bested him he would invariably select a hapless victim and, whipping out the pair of mother-o’-pearl-handled six-shooters he always wore at his belt, would force him to dance by shooting at his...1930, Edna Ferber, Cimarron, page 10
- Five or six of them youngsters, weren’t but two of them upwards of twelve or thirteen, they outs with their six-shooters and had me covered.1979, Louis L'Amour, Bendigo Shafter, →ISBN, →OL
- Synonyms:
- six-gun
six-shooter meaning in Tamil
six-shooter in Tamil
- அறுகுழல் தொடித்தெறி
Synonyms of six-shooter
Forms of six-shooter
| plural | six-shooters |
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Questions about six-shooter
- What does six-shooter mean?
- Six-shooter means a revolver which holds six cartridges.
- What is six-shooter in Tamil?
- Six-shooter in Tamil is அறுகுழல் தொடித்தெறி. See Six-shooter meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is six-shooter?
- Six-shooter is a noun.
- What is the plural of six-shooter?
- The plural of six-shooter is six-shooters.
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