- shooting iron
- noun Date: 1775 firearm; especially handgun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
shooting iron
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Shooting iron — Shooting Shoot ing, a. Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting. [1913 Webster] {Shooting board} (Joinery), a fixture used in planing or shooting the edge of a board, by means of which the plane is guided and the board held true.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shooting iron — ☆ shooting iron n. Slang any firearm … English World dictionary
shooting iron — n. a pistol. (Cowboy and folksy.) □ Millard “Shorty” Wilson always carried his shooting iron with him, except for one fateful day back in ’92 1892, that s. □ He pulled out his shooting iron and got down to cleaning it … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
shooting iron — noun A firearm, especially a handgun. It aint the rifle, Harry, Sam said good temperedly; it is the eye that is wrong, not the shooting iron … Wiktionary
shooting iron — Informal. a firearm, esp. a pistol or revolver. [1780 90, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
Shooting iron — firearm, especially a pistol or revolver … Dictionary of Australian slang
shooting iron — Australian Slang firearm, especially a pistol or revolver … English dialects glossary
shooting iron — firearm, gun, cannon, rifle … English contemporary dictionary
shooting iron — noun informal, chiefly US a firearm … English new terms dictionary
shooting iron — shoot′ing i′ron n. Informal. inf firearm • Etymology: 1780–90, amer … From formal English to slang
