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noun Informal.
a firearm, especially a pistol or revolver.
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Origin of shooting iron
An Americanism dating back to 1780–90
Words nearby shooting iron
Shoot, if you must, this old gray head,
shooting box,
shooting brake,
shooting gallery,
shooting guard,
shooting iron,
shooting match,
shooting script,
shooting star,
shooting stick,
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How to use shooting iron in a sentence
Policemen on the show joke about prison riots, bomb threats, and the shooting of unarmed civilians.
In the first episode, an officer is shown video of himself shooting and killing a man.
Then they came up against a police patrol on mountain bicycles, which again led to more shooting, without injuries.
Cruce operates the Iron Hill Campground on the other side of the highway.
He appears only normal, even in video footage from just two minutes before the shooting.
Then one of the magter came in and Brion hesitated before shooting.
Mr. Jones swung round a large iron key he held in his hand, and light dawned upon him.
Now, the whole Northwest groaned beneath a cast-iron prohibition law at that time, and for some years thereafter.
She was in a dream of oily odours and monstrous iron constructions, dominated by the grand foreman: and Edwin was in the dream.
The baron turned full upon him, and leaned his shoulders against the iron door of the recess.
British Dictionary definitions for shooting iron
noun
US slang a firearm, esp a pistol
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