six-gun
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of six-gun
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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A 62-round salute will be fired at the Tower of London, with a six-gun salvo at Horse Guards Parade.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2023
You’ve got to figure Parkey’s great-great-grandfather was once uncanny in Wild West saloons wielding a six-gun, a mirror and a skillet.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2019
In an insightful song about outlaws, Woody Guthrie wrote this verse: “As through this world I travel/ I see lots of funny men/ Some’ll rob you with a six-gun/ Some with a fountain pen.”
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2017
January 12, 2010 12:49 pm Link Woody Guthrie had it right: “Some rob you with a six-gun and some with a fountain pen.”
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2010
And then the bun of his mammoth, archaic six-gun collided with his wandering gaze; abruptly he quit stumbling around.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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