Meaning Of The Word Six-shooter

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six-shooter
countable noun: A six-shooter is a small gun that holds six bullets.

six-shooter in American English
a revolver having a cylinder that holds six cartridges; specif., such a revolver with a long barrel and of relatively large caliber of the kind usually used in the western U.S. in the last half of the 19th cent.
noun: a revolver from which six shots can be fired without reloading

six-shooter in British English
noun: a revolver with six chambers

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