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Recent Examples of six-gun
There were four Elvises—two in fading black and white, two in lurid colour—all aiming a six-gun straight at her.
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Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for six-gun
Noun
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In the latest Texas gold fight, though, six-shooters, stagecoaches and dusty trails have been replaced by legal briefs and courtrooms. FROM 2016: New law calls for bringing Texas gold home.—
Paul Flahive,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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The handgun, which was introduced in 1935 after Prohibition, is a six-shooter revolver that fires rounds at a high velocity.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
28 Nov. 2025
Noun
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One day, a customer walked in with a pistol on his waist.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Apr. 2026
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Some of the girl’s recent public appearances included her driving a tank during army training supervised by her father and the pair firing pistols during a visit to a light munitions factory.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Turning up the music in get car so that her daughter won’t hear, the grandmother gets out the car, takes a revolver out of her bag, and wincing and turning away, shoots the animal in the head.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2026
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Following Alfonso Morales’ arrest, officers seized an assault rifle, a semiautomatic pistol and a revolver from the apartment, according to Montoya.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This mysterious derringer pistol has sparked more intrigue than any of his other dangerous finds because people want to know the back story.—
Mike Sullivan,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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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
Noun
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Then the man with the handgun shot him in the neck.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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Ballard pulled out a handgun and shot her boyfriend and the two other men, police said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And a sidearm lefty against [Smith] isn’t ideal either.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Each had a sidearm clasped in both hands.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Police have previously said that the shooting likely stemmed from one person firing a gun at a gathering of 100 to 200 people on the block.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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The gun police took from his cousin’s home wasn’t the gun used in the shooting, either, a firearms report showed.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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Kearee Captain, 21, of Hercules, was also charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, due to a prior weapons conviction in Contra Costa, court records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
6 Apr. 2026
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One 16-year-old male was charged with delinquent unlawful possession of a firearm, large capacity feeding device and ammunition and carrying a loaded firearm and is expected to be arraigned in West Roxbury District Court.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Six-gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/six-gun. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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