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Recent Examples of six-shooter
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.
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New Atlas, 11 June 2025
Richard’s odds are lousier than Reacher’s were when Beck forced Reacher to play because this revolver is a five-shot model instead of a six-shooter.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
The back page of the report featured the cartoon character Yosemite Sam holding a six-shooter in each hand.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2025
The Broncos’ most successful regular season since Peyton Manning hung up his six-shooter ended with a historic, and emphatic laugher.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025
One look at the bottle, whose stopper resembles an Old West-style six-shooter, confirms it.
—Tony Sachs, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
That’s because the six-shooter is a good approximation for a generic abstraction of a handgun.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2024
Towering over the Max Motors car lot is a giant gunslinger in the sky, six-shooters drawn and in a bit of a bad mood, judging by his expression.
—Edward M. Eveld, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
Gray tattoos could now be seen running up both arms, with the ones on the right — a skeleton with a six-shooter, a skull hovering over a line of bullets — coming from a time several years ago when Michalek thought that limb might be blown off.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023
New Atlas, 11 June 2025
Richard’s odds are lousier than Reacher’s were when Beck forced Reacher to play because this revolver is a five-shot model instead of a six-shooter.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
The back page of the report featured the cartoon character Yosemite Sam holding a six-shooter in each hand.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2025
The Broncos’ most successful regular season since Peyton Manning hung up his six-shooter ended with a historic, and emphatic laugher.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025
One look at the bottle, whose stopper resembles an Old West-style six-shooter, confirms it.
—Tony Sachs, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
That’s because the six-shooter is a good approximation for a generic abstraction of a handgun.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2024
Towering over the Max Motors car lot is a giant gunslinger in the sky, six-shooters drawn and in a bit of a bad mood, judging by his expression.
—Edward M. Eveld, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
Gray tattoos could now be seen running up both arms, with the ones on the right — a skeleton with a six-shooter, a skull hovering over a line of bullets — coming from a time several years ago when Michalek thought that limb might be blown off.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for six-shooter
Noun
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Those who remained in the South during the brutal fight for Civil Rights saw leaders and laypeople assassinated by white supremacists with long-range rifles, beaten by the butts of shotguns during marches, or shot with pistols at close range.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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Davis looked at the barrel of the pistol and saw smoke curling upward, as if in slow motion.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There were four Elvises—two in fading black and white, two in lurid colour—all aiming a six-gun straight at her.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
30 Aug. 2023
Noun
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The suspect, who was armed with a revolver handgun, opened fire inside and outside of the school while some students were at lunch.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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Investigators believe the 16-year-old opened fire with a revolver.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
15 Sep. 2025
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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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On the first day of school this month, a 14-year-old was found with a handgun at Johnson Senior High School on Arcade Street and arrested.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
19 Sep. 2025
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The woman had travelled from her and her husband’s home in Slough to stay with family in Kent before Edward tracked her down outside a pub and fired four shots at her with a handgun, per Sky News and The Independent.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Trumps otherwise basked in the royal limelight on Wednesday, visibly enjoying the pomp and ceremony, which included a royal gun salute, carriage procession through Windsor and guard of honor.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Anonymous tips forward to the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center reported threatening posts from a Discord profile that referenced plans for a future massacre and contained pictures of guns.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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Herbert ran to his right on the Kansas City 23-yard line and slung a sidearm pass to Johnston for his second touchdown of the game.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Ziva, though, heard gunshot, immediately grabbed for her sidearm and started frantically aiming for an assailant who wasn’t there.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
4 Sep. 2025
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Speaking on Fox & Friends, Patel said forensic teams identified Robinson's DNA on both a screwdriver and a towel wrapped around the firearm believed to have been used in the fatal shooting.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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One reason is that the availability of increasingly lethal firearms continues to grow dramatically.—
John J. Donohue,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Six-shooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/six-shooter. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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