shooting iron

noun Informal.

a firearm, especially a pistol or revolver.

Origin of shooting iron

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90

Words nearby shooting iron

Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, shooting box, shooting brake, shooting gallery, shooting guard, shooting iron, shooting match, shooting script, shooting star, shooting stick, shooting war

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Example sentences from the Web for shooting iron

Then, as Purdee's laughter still jarred the air, he drew a "shooting-iron" from his pocket.
The Riddle Of The Rocks|Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree)
But first I want that shooting-iron; it might go off by accident and hurt some one badly.'
The Golden Butterfly|Walter Besant
But if you'll take your hand off me and put down that shooting-iron, I'll help you hunt it, if there is one.
The Biography of a Prairie Girl|Eleanor Gates
The actual fact was that, although every man of us had some sort of a "shooting-iron," they were not formidable.
Crossing the Plains, Days of '57|William Audley Maxwell

I asked him if he used the shooting-iron to keep his landlord in order.
Ireland as It Is|Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

British Dictionary definitions for shooting iron

shooting iron

noun

US slang a firearm, esp a pistol

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	shooting iron
释义	shooting iron noun Informal. a firearm, especially a pistol or revolver. Origin of shooting iron An Americanism dating back to 1780–90 Words nearby shooting iron Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, shooting box, shooting brake, shooting gallery, shooting guard, shooting iron, shooting match, shooting script, shooting star, shooting stick, shooting war Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shooting iron Then, as Purdee's laughter still jarred the air, he drew a "shooting-iron" from his pocket. The Riddle Of The Rocks\|Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree) But first I want that shooting-iron; it might go off by accident and hurt some one badly.' The Golden Butterfly\|Walter Besant But if you'll take your hand off me and put down that shooting-iron, I'll help you hunt it, if there is one. The Biography of a Prairie Girl\|Eleanor Gates The actual fact was that, although every man of us had some sort of a "shooting-iron," they were not formidable. Crossing the Plains, Days of '57\|William Audley Maxwell I asked him if he used the shooting-iron to keep his landlord in order. Ireland as It Is\|Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.) British Dictionary definitions for shooting iron shooting iron noun US slang a firearm, esp a pistol Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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