Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A six-chambered revolver.
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- noun dated A
revolver with acylinder that holds sixbullets .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
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Examples
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Bin Laden is not the only target at which this White House is pointing its six-gun.
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But my point this time: Sly with a six-gun against guys with AK47s?
The Expendables Steve Perry 2010
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Woody Guthrie once sang that “some will rob you with a six-gun, and some with a fountain pen.”
Rebecca Solnit: When the Media Is the Disaster: Covering Haiti 2010
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Even if we go back to the campaign trail, before six-gun Ron shot off his face and developed hoof-in-mouth.
Archive 2008-01-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Or even reaching high: "Some will rob you with a six-gun"
Rising curve jhetley 2009
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Ringo does some serious six-gun violence to some bad guys while remarking, the sound of the Gion Shoja temple bells echoes the impermanence of all things; the color of the sala flowers reveals the truth that to florish is to fall.
Reviews Too Late: Sukiyaki Western Django Walter Jon Williams 2009
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( "Some will rob you with a six-gun/Some with a fountain pen," go the words to Woody Guthrie's ballad "Pretty Boy Floyd.")
Richard B. Woodward: Bernard Madoff and Anton Chigurh: the Con Man as Serial Killer 2009
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Ringo does some serious six-gun violence to some bad guys while remarking, the sound of the Gion Shoja temple bells echoes the impermanence of all things; the color of the sala flowers reveals the truth that to florish is to fall.
Archive 2009-01-01 Walter Jon Williams 2009
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This story line is full of victimized women and children, Wild West six-gun shoot-outs, hyper-masculinity, and epic heroism.
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Like ol' Woody sed, "Some'll rob you with a six-gun and some with a fountain pen."
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