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
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
Just as not everyone in the US walks around clinking their boot spurs while twirling their six-shooter, it’s also not true that American stadiums don’t have their share of hooligans.
From The Guardian • Oct. 18, 2017
The Marine gripped his six-shooter, pointed it at the horizon and took a deep breath.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2017
And so when he was on a dangerous bureau assignment, he sometimes tucked a six-shooter in his belt.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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