† pistoletton.
Obsolete. rare.
A small firearm; = pistolet n.1 1. (In quots. figurative or in figurative context).
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > pistol
pistolet1550
potguna1556
pistol?1560
snapper1587
pistoletto1647
pop1708
gun1744
cracker1751
stick1781
barking iron1785
barker1815
young gun1822
buffer1824
reporter1827
iron1828
flute1842
cannon1901
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 75 To talk Squibs and Pistoletto's charged with..powder of Love and shot of Reason.
1648 A. Wood Speech 15 Feb. in Life & Times (1891) I. 139 I am but a fresh water soldier under the banners of Phoebus, and therefore cannot as yet..give fire to the pistoletto tobacco pipe charg'd with its Indian powder.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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