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six-shooter

[siks-shoo-ter, -shoo-] / ˈsɪksˈʃu tər, -ˌʃu- /




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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

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

It's not as bad as that, in the end – she's still packing a six-shooter beneath her wedding dress.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2019

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

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson


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