six-shooter

Example Sentences

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Perhaps he preferred a stylish single-shot to blazing away with a six-shooter.

From Literature

Smith & Wesson made its name with handguns, such as Dirty Harry’s “Feeling Lucky?” six-shooter.

From Washington Post

Her John Wayne gallops stiff-backed on an elongated red carousel pony, a silver six-shooter held high.

From New York Times

Legends of pistol-packing preachers who trekked through the West with, as one of them said, “Bible in pocket, gun in hand” permanently joined evangelism to the six-shooter in some corners of the American imagination.

From Washington Post

Tom Hanks rides a horse and blasts a six-shooter in his new film, “News of the World.”

From Washington Times