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  • noun Plural form of derringer.

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Examples

  • I often wondered about those double barrel derringers in .410.

    The Hardest Kicking Cartridges 2009

  • And their war weapons were laid away by the sides of the lifeless bones that had wielded them — rusty old horse-pistols, derringers, pepper-boxes, five-barrelled fantastiques, Kentucky long riffles, muskets handled in trade by John Company and Hudson's Bay, shark-tooth swords, wooden stabbing-knives, arrows and spears bone-headed of the fish and the pig and of man, and spears and arrows wooden-headed and fire-hardened.

    SHIN-BONES 2010

  • In the second part of the hour, Wayne LaPierre, Head of the NRA, discusses the advantages of women's derringers and when it's acceptable to use a surface to air missile.

    Rob Taub: What Would Happen If Republicans Controlled NPR... Rob Taub 2011

  • In the second part of the hour, Wayne LaPierre, Head of the NRA, discusses the advantages of women's derringers and when it's acceptable to use a surface to air missile.

    Rob Taub: What Would Happen If Republicans Controlled NPR... Rob Taub 2011

  • And in very close quarters or I believe that American derringers in 45 - .410, or other such combinations have a place.

    Self defense pistol 2009

  • I often wondered about those double barrel derringers in .410.

    The Hardest Kicking Cartridges 2009

  • And in very close quarters or I believe that American derringers in 45 - .410, or other such combinations have a place.

    Self defense pistol 2009

  • The only persons permitted to retain sidearms, derringers, bowie knives, crossbows, and poison-tipped darts for personal protection were, of course, the actors themselves.

    In the Land of the Witless, the Half-wit is King 2009

  • In essence, the Court's ruling for the most part will only affect revolvers and derringers.

    Josh Sugarmann: DC Ban on Semiauto Handguns Stands 2008

  • And when Earp challenges the black hat, the guy turns to jelly and says, "O.K., but you can't use that Colt, it has to be little bitty derringers like the one I use to shoot people in the back at night."

    THE NEWS BLOG 2005

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