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Pocket pistol

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a pistol to be carried in the pocket.

See also: Pocket



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The man with the dagger thrust back the weapon into his bosom, and drew forth a pocket pistol, but not of that kind which kills by a single discharge.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Sometimes, when at leisure, he amused himself all day in the woods with a pocket pistol, firing salutes to himself at regular intervals as he walked.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
I had the piece of water dragged by moonlight, in presence of a couple of our men, and the pocket pistol was brought up before it had been there half-a-dozen hours.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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