hammerless
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of hammerless
Example Sentences
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It was small, but large enough for a tiny, hammerless handgun he owned and sometimes, to his wife's horror, threatened to license and carry.
From Time Magazine Archive
A very important improvement was the introduction of the hammerless gun, in which the mechanism for firing is placed entirely within the gun.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
As I was being told this I tried to remember where Dinky-Dunk had stowed away his revolver-holster and his hammerless ejector and his Colt repeater.
From The Prairie Wife by Dunn, Harvey
I bequeath to John Bolland the shorthorn cow he sold me, and to that lad of his—you must find out his proper name—my pair of hammerless guns and my sword.
From The Revellers by Tracy, Louis
Jimmy, however, was too adroit to dwell upon the subject, and, changing it abruptly, led Leland into a discussion of hammerless guns.
From By Right of Purchase by Bindloss, Harold
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