shooting iron



shooting iron

n. a pistol. (Cowboy and folksy.) Millard “Shorty” Wilson always carried his shooting iron with him, except for one fateful day back in ’92—1892, that is. He pulled out his shooting iron and got down to cleaning it.
See also: iron, shoot

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Heidrun-Norse Mythology, German
Yeho'ash-Biblical Hebrew
Manyara-Southern African, Shona
Velasco-Medieval Spanish
Ealdwine-Anglo-Saxon
Apolloə-PAW-lo (English)Greek Mythology (Latinized)