revolver
/ɹɪˈvɒl.vɚ/ noun B2- A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.
- Any (personal) firearm with such a mechanism.
- Synonym of revolving line of credit, a form of credit permitting the holder to repeatedly borrow money.
Plural revolvers
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Drop it!” He struck out with his hand, and a revolver which the younger man was in the act of cocking clattered down upon the floor.
The wound upon the dead man was, as I was able to determine with absolute confidence, fired from a revolver at the distance of something over four yards.
He was tractable enough, though his son was a perfect demon, ready to blow out his own or anybody else’s brains if he could have got to his revolver.
In an instant I had slipped the revolver from the drawer into my pocket, and was covering him through the cloth.
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