six-shooter
Example Sentences
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Her John Wayne gallops stiff-backed on an elongated red carousel pony, a silver six-shooter held high.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
A retired gunfighter’s younger brother brings home a saloon singer and a six-shooter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2020
Writing credits aside, this is a trademark Clash smash, full of outlaw rebel posturing and laden with Headon’s six-shooter drum cracks.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2020
He swiped to a photo of himself, at age seven or eight, wearing a homemade Superman cape, with a plastic six-shooter slung low around his waist.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 25, 2019
Is it because six-shooter sounds better than seven-shooter?
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
