[
US
/ˈdɛɹəndʒɝ/
]
[ UK /dˈɛɹɪŋɐ/ ]
[ UK /dˈɛɹɪŋɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel
How To Use derringer In A Sentence
- In the theater's museum is the real Booth derringer. Movie on Lincoln assassination has second life in D.C. crime museum
- I should have used a blunderbuss not a derringer.
- Inside the tote bag deputies found a gun case, designed and manufactured to resemble a hardbound book, containing a single-shot Colt derringer.
- Dark stains grew up from my waist, and I could feel sweat dripping around my concealed derringer.
- As for that final rite of "centrism" - the hit job - Mr. Schoen's editorial demonstrates that he'll happily don the ankle holster and squeeze off a round from his derringer whenever the signal's given. Richard (RJ) Eskow: Occupy Wall Street Speaks For America: A "Centrist" Hit Job's Polling Data Helps Prove It
- Hidden by a knee crossed over one leg, Sarason's fingers met and cautiously began slipping the two-shot derringer from his boot. INCA GOLD
- When a steamboat known to be carrying smallpox attempted to unload its passengers, Dumont aimed her derringer pistol at the captain and fired two shots into the deck just inches from his feet. A Renegade History of the United States
- With her help, they stockpiled an arsenal of shotguns, derringer pistols and an old AK - 47.
- Hidden by a knee crossed over one leg, Sarason's fingers met and cautiously began slipping the two-shot derringer from his boot. INCA GOLD
- The bullet from the derringer missed Anita's face by just a few inches.