six-gun

[ siks-guhn ]

/ ˈsɪksˌgʌn /

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noun

a six-shooter.

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Origin of six-gun

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby six-gun

sixer, six feet under, six-finger country, sixfold, six-footer, six-gun, sixmo, Six Nations, Six Nations Championship, six o'clock swill, six of one, half a dozen of the other

How to use six-gun in a sentence

I've lived all my life with iron on the hip, and my six-gun has seven notches.
Riders of the Silences|John Frederick
Lad, even a kid like you could be a killer with that six-gun.
Riders of the Silences|John Frederick
She had laid aside her six-gun, but she had not abandoned it.
Riders of the Silences|John Frederick
As the daylight increased, there was little doubt of her character, and she was pronounced to be a thirty-six-gun frigate.
True Blue|W.H.G. Kingston

With no room even for six-gun work he turned his revolver into a club.
The Sheriff's Son|William MacLeod Raine

British Dictionary definitions for six-gun

six-gun

noun

US informal another word for six-shooter

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