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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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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
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Its big selling feature is a revolver-like cylinder that spins and snicks along on precision bearings, just like the cylinder of a six-shooter.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 June 2025
Noun
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Authorities said Diagne used both a pistol and a rifle during the attack.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Police in Austin shot and killed the gunman, who used a pistol and a rifle to carry out the attack, police said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But all the while, the revolver sat in an Oakland Police Department locker, without police in Emeryville or Oakland aware of its potential link to Appleby’s killing.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Goetz, who had been assaulted three years earlier and then denied a gun permit, illegally carried a revolver.—
Michael Bobelian,
Washington Post,
18 Feb. 2026
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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In 1976, after wrecking his Rolls-Royce in a drunk-driving accident, he was arrested, intoxicated, with a loaded derringer on the grounds of Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2022
Noun
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Daly then fired a handgun at the Border Patrol agent.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigators traced the handgun found at the scene back to the Blaine Fleet Farm, where it was purchased by Horton, according to a federal charge against him.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Each had a sidearm clasped in both hands.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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Grayson drew his sidearm and yelled at her to drop the pan.—
John O’Connor,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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During the chase, the man pulled the gun out of his pocket and ended up almost face-to-face with one of the two officers chasing him, Worley said.—
Chevall Pryce,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Feb. 2026
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Prince George's County police also said a gun and ammunition were found in the vehicle.—
Michael Guise,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Under that framework, the government must show that a gun law is consistent with the nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Those fees collected would be directed towards a state treasury fund and would be used to support survivors of firearm injuries and boost gun violence prevention efforts.—
Otis Moss III,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Six-gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/six-gun. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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