sixshooter
sixshooter is the alternative form of six-shooter.
Meaning of six-shooter
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
- Synonyms:
- six-gun
Forms of sixshooter
| plural | sixshooters |
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Origin of sixshooter
From six + shooter.
Questions about sixshooter
- What is sixshooter the alternative form of?
- Sixshooter is the alternative form of six-shooter.
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