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derringer

/der-in-jer/US // ˈdɛr ɪn dʒər //UK // (ˈdɛrɪndʒə) //

锐器,锐意进取,锐意进取的人,锐智

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an early short-barreled pocket pistol.

Examples

  • “Leigh Anne showed [Bullock] her cute little pearl-handled Derringer,” Hancock says.

  • The pistol you hold in your hand is a derringer, I presume, loaded.

  • Jack says, 'You lie, G-d d-mn you,' and draws his derringer.

  • He took from an inner pocket of his coat a derringer with silver mountings, laid it meaningly upon the bar.

  • We were jumped not ten miles out of town, and before any one could draw a Derringer every man of us was covered.

  • Le Gaire stood sideways, the muzzle of his derringer covering me, his left hand supporting his elbow.