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six-shooters

six-shooters is the plural of six-shooter.

Meaning of six-shooter

Noun

six-shooter (plural six-shooters)

  1. (colloquial, dated) 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
    Synonyms:
    six-gun

Questions about six-shooters

What is six-shooters the plural of?
Six-shooters is the plural of six-shooter.

Words near six-shooters in the dictionary

  1. six-pointer
  2. six-pointers
  3. six-ring
  4. six-rings
  5. six-shooter
  6. six-shooters
  7. six-shooting
  8. six-sided
  9. six-spotted leafhopper
  10. six-square
  11. six-stitcher

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