Wogdonn.
/ˈwɒɡd(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈwɑɡdən/ Now historical.
A type of duelling pistol made by Robert Wogdon or the company he founded.
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1786 Public Advertiser 11 Sept. A brace of wogdens.
1789 Town & Country Mag. Jan. 196/1 Having..prepared his Wogdons, a favourite pair of pistols, he sallied forth in search of the enemy.
1832 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. 9 i. 333 I must either fight Woolfenface, or stand a shot from the unerring Wogdens of the major.
1969 G. Lyall Venus with Pistol xxv. 161 Give it a little time for the word to go round that Bert Kemp had matched a pair of fancy Wogdons.
1981 ‘J. Sturrock’ Suicide Most Foul vi. 127 Had I been armed with only one of my Wogdons the end would have been different, but a gentleman does not take pistols to a ball.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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