six-shooter

[ siks-shoo-ter, -shoo- ]

/ ˈsɪksˈʃu tər, -ˌʃu- /

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noun

a revolver from which six shots can be fired without reloading.

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six-finger country, six-footer, six-gun, six-pack, six-pointer, six-shooter, six-spot, six-wheeler, six-yard line, sixain, sixer

Origin of six-shooter

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

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Seven brings the limit down to one more than the six-shooter of old, which gunslingers found to be enough to win the West.
National Shooting Sports Foundation Fights Gun Control From Newtown|Michael Daly|January 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
For he was looking squarely into the rim of a six-shooter less than a foot from his forehead.
Mavericks|William MacLeod Raine
The sheriff was scrutinizing the six-shooter and its empty chambers.
The Sheriff of Badger|George B. Pattullo
This he did by reason of his superior quickness with the six-shooter, for Strawhan was drawing first.
The Story of the Outlaw|Emerson Hough

While his hand was lifted, however, he found himself covered with my six-shooter.
Buckskin Mose|Buckskin Mose
The man paid no attention to the motion, save to put his hand behind him and jerk from his holster a six-shooter.
Jack in the Rockies|George Bird Grinnell

British Dictionary definitions for six-shooter

six-shooter

noun

US informal a revolver with six chambersAlso called: six-gun

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