Results for pistol
Definitions of pistol:
part of speech: noun
part of speech: noun
A small firearm, discharged by holding in the hand.
part of speech: verb transitive
Usage examples for pistol:
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The man near him, who had his pistol in his hand, put his arm through the window and fired inside.
"The Children of the New Forest", Captain Marryat -
I knew a man shooting behind with a pistol was likely to hit nothing but air.
"An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody)", Buffalo Bill (William Frederick Cody) -
What was the pistol for?
"Under the Southern Cross", Elizabeth Robins -
If you are alive at the end of the war, I shall send you a pistol
"A Prisoner in Turkey", John Still