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Definitions of derringer in various dictionaries:
noun - a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel
A short-barreled pistol that has a large bore and is small enough to be carried in a pocket.
DERRINGER - The term "derringer" has come to refer to any small-sized handgun that is neither a revolver nor a semiautomatic pistol, although mini-revolvers are ...
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| One of these pocket pistols was used to assassinate Lincoln |
| In the 1840s a Philadelphia gunsmith invented this short-barreled pocket pistol now named for him |
| Used by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater, it's the make of pistol seen here |
| Originally applied to a gun named for its inventor, it later became generic for small single-shot pistols |
| In the Lincoln assassination, John Wilkes booth used a single-shot .44 caliber this |
| Henry, not Yancy, invented this pistol & it was imitators who added an extra "R" to the name |
| Ford's Theatre has on display this type of .44 caliber pocket pistol infamously used by John Wilkes Booth |
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| A short-barreled pistol that has a large bore and is small enough to be carried in a pocket. |
| a small pistol with a large bore, which is very effective at close range. |
| a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel |
| A small pistol with a large bore, which is very effective at close range. |
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The term "derringer" has come to refer to any small-sized handgun that is neither a revolver nor a semiautomatic pistol, although mini-revolvers are commonly called derringers. * The original Philadelphia Deringer was a single-shot muzzleloading percussion cap pistol introduced in 1852, by Henry Deringer. In total, approximately 15,000 Deringer pistols were manufactured. All were single barrel pistols with back action percussion locks, typically .41 caliber with rifled bores, and walnut stocks. Barrel length varied from 1.5" to 6", and the hardware was commonly a copper-nickel alloy known as "German silver". * The term "derringer" () has become a genericized misspelling of the last name of Henry Deringer. Many copies of the original Philadelphia Deringer pistol were made by other gun makers worldwide, and the name was often misspelled; this misspelling soon became an alternative generic term for any pocket pistol, along with the generic phrase palm pistol, which Deringer's competitors inve |