trigger
noun
a small projecting tongue in a firearm that, when pressed by the finger, actuates the mechanism that discharges the weapon.
triggerless
-
a word derived from
trigger.
Example Sentences
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I exclaimed, in as loud a voice as I was master of, at the same time presenting the triggerless pistol at the black form.
From Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 by Mór Jókai
