shooting iron

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shooting iron

noun shooting irons · shooting-iron

  1. US, colloquial, dated A firearm, especially a handgun. "It ain't the rifle, Harry," Sam said good-temperedly; "it is the eye that is wrong, not the shooting-iron."

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@misc{shooting_iron_2026,
  title = {shooting iron},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shooting%20iron},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}