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Recent Examples of six-shooter
The back page of the report featured the cartoon character Yosemite Sam holding a six-shooter in each hand.
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Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2025
The Broncos’ most successful regular season since Peyton Manning hung up his six-shooter ended with a historic, and emphatic laugher.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025
One look at the bottle, whose stopper resembles an Old West-style six-shooter, confirms it.
—Tony Sachs, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
That’s because the six-shooter is a good approximation for a generic abstraction of a handgun.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2024
Towering over the Max Motors car lot is a giant gunslinger in the sky, six-shooters drawn and in a bit of a bad mood, judging by his expression.
—Edward M. Eveld, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
Gray tattoos could now be seen running up both arms, with the ones on the right — a skeleton with a six-shooter, a skull hovering over a line of bullets — coming from a time several years ago when Michalek thought that limb might be blown off.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023
In 1971, a multi-museum spree in Connecticut led to the loss of a painfully rare Colt Whitneyville Walker revolver: the holy grail of gun collectors everywhere, inscribed into the 19th-century history of Connecticut and Texas as the world’s first six-shooter.
—Matthew Korfhage, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2025
The Broncos’ most successful regular season since Peyton Manning hung up his six-shooter ended with a historic, and emphatic laugher.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025
One look at the bottle, whose stopper resembles an Old West-style six-shooter, confirms it.
—Tony Sachs, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
That’s because the six-shooter is a good approximation for a generic abstraction of a handgun.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2024
Towering over the Max Motors car lot is a giant gunslinger in the sky, six-shooters drawn and in a bit of a bad mood, judging by his expression.
—Edward M. Eveld, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
Gray tattoos could now be seen running up both arms, with the ones on the right — a skeleton with a six-shooter, a skull hovering over a line of bullets — coming from a time several years ago when Michalek thought that limb might be blown off.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023
In 1971, a multi-museum spree in Connecticut led to the loss of a painfully rare Colt Whitneyville Walker revolver: the holy grail of gun collectors everywhere, inscribed into the 19th-century history of Connecticut and Texas as the world’s first six-shooter.
—Matthew Korfhage, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for six-shooter
Noun
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To thank Murph, Wetzel bought her a pistol engraved with their names and the song’s title that took three months to make.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
4 Mar. 2025
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But her earrings are tiny jeweled handguns, and she's got a pistol strapped to her ankle.—
Mary Beth Sheridan and Ann E. Marimow The Washington Post,
arkansasonline.com,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The mother walked into a pawn shop and asked to see a revolver before fatally shooting herself.—
Ben Brachfeld,
People.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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Moore has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder, carrying a pistol without a permit, criminal possession of a pistol/revolver and criminal possession of a firearm or ammunition.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.—
Brian Matthew Jordan,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2024
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This victim’s vision seems weird and fraudulent when Priscilla casually color-coordinates derringer pistols with designer dresses.—
Armond White,
National Review,
3 Nov. 2023
Noun
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Court records show that, between October 2022 and October 2023, Bagley reportedly purchased over 20 handguns from licensed firearm dealers and sold the guns to multiple customers, many of whom were prohibited by law from possessing firearms.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2025
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The handgun he is accused of using in the Tamarac murder spree was a Black Sig Sauer P320, records show.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The 18-year-old man and the two minors were arrested Feb. 12, on suspicion of crimes encompassing robbery as well as assault and gun crimes.—
Robert Salonga,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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There is no point in the enormous gun variety in the game if only a handful are viable.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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On the mound, hitters flailed at his sidearm stuff.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Palmquist is adept at pitching inside and a near sidearm slot makes his delivery challenging.—
Kyle Newman,
The Denver Post,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Police later said there was no gunfire, but someone was arrested while in possession of a firearm.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA TODAY,
5 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, since the April 5 firearms seizure, police have stepped up enforcement in Cap-Haïtien.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Six-shooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/six-shooter. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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