pocket pistoln.

Brit.

/ˈpɒkɪt ˌpɪstl/, U.S.

/ˈpɑkət ˌpɪstl/

Forms: see pocket n. and pistol n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pocket n., pistol n.

Etymology: < pocket n. + pistol n.

1. A pistol small enough to be carried in a pocket.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > pistol > types of

dag1587

key gun1607

pocket pistol1612

key pistol1663

holster-pistol1679

troop pistol1688

horse pistol1704

screw-barrel1744

saddle pistol1764

air pistol1780

Wogdon1786

belt pistol1833

dueller1835

Colt1838

tickler1844

Derringer1853

cocking pistol1858

belt size1866

bulldozer1880

saloon pistol1899

Luger1904

Police Positive1905

Steyr1920

Saturday-night pistol1929

muff pistol1938

PPK1946

Makarov1958

Saturday-night special1959

puffer1963

snub nose1979

snubby1981

1612 S. Mountagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 240 There are they say pocket pistols of five and six inches.

1635 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge (new ed.) iv. 388 He puts a cheerfull countenance on his revengfull heart, so returnes home, and the very next day gets his Masters pocket pistoll.

1696 P. Ayres Revengeful Mistress 82 She was prepared (shewing another Pocket-Pistol) to have done it more effectually.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 102. ¶6 It shall make a Report like a Pocket-Pistol.

1787 Ann. Reg. 1784–5 App. Chron. 323/2 [At Dover] The large gun, well known by the name of Queen Anne's pocket pistol.

1814 W. Scott Waverley II. vii. 127 Edward..drew a pocket-pistol, threatening..to shoot whomsoever dared to stop him.

1885 Dict. National Biogr. at Blood, Thomas They were all armed, with rapiers in their canes, and every one had a dagger and pocket-pistols.

1952 E. Hughes N. Country Life 18th Cent. i. 19 [He] sent him his own pair of neat pocket pistols with an injunction ‘never to travel without y^m’.

1996 Soldier of Fortune Mar. 58/2 Because of the low-pressure rounds for which they are chambered, pocket pistols have traditionally operated by means of unlocked blowback with a fixed barrel pinned to the frame.

2. humorous. A pocket spirit flask. Now rare.

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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > carrying flask > for liquor

pocket pistol1754

hunting-flask1823

tea-canister1859

hip flask1888

1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xvi. 27 I had always on my Journeys a Pocket-Pistol, loaded with Brandy, mix'd with Juice of Lemons.

1763 J. Woodforde Diary 29 June in Woodforde at Oxf. (1969) 137 For a Pocket Pistol, alias a Dram Bottle, to carry in one's Pocket, it being necessary on a Journey or so..0.1.0.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xlvii. 460 Newman slowly brought forth from his desk one of those portable bottles, currently known as pocket-pistols,..and took a gurgling drink.

1882 Macmillan's Mag. 46 162 The rests had been frequent on the road, as had also been the applications to the pocket-pistols.

1917 J. E. Meeker Life & Poetry J. Thomson iv. 68 The hero produces a ‘pocket-pistol’ of ‘Jameson's Irish Whiskey’.

1999 Church Times 29 Oct. 28/4 Dr Buck of Norwich..gave solo boys ‘pocket pistols’ containing port wine, which the boys injected just before their solos.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pocket pistol
释义	pocket pistoln. Brit. /ˈpɒkɪt ˌpɪstl/, U.S. /ˈpɑkət ˌpɪstl/ Forms: see pocket n. and pistol n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pocket n., pistol n. Etymology: < pocket n. + pistol n. 1. A pistol small enough to be carried in a pocket. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > pistol > types of dag1587 key gun1607 pocket pistol1612 key pistol1663 holster-pistol1679 troop pistol1688 horse pistol1704 screw-barrel1744 saddle pistol1764 air pistol1780 Wogdon1786 belt pistol1833 dueller1835 Colt1838 tickler1844 Derringer1853 cocking pistol1858 belt size1866 bulldozer1880 saloon pistol1899 Luger1904 Police Positive1905 Steyr1920 Saturday-night pistol1929 muff pistol1938 PPK1946 Makarov1958 Saturday-night special1959 puffer1963 snub nose1979 snubby1981 1612 S. Mountagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 240 There are they say pocket pistols of five and six inches. 1635 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge (new ed.) iv. 388 He puts a cheerfull countenance on his revengfull heart, so returnes home, and the very next day gets his Masters pocket pistoll. 1696 P. Ayres Revengeful Mistress 82 She was prepared (shewing another Pocket-Pistol) to have done it more effectually. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 102. ¶6 It shall make a Report like a Pocket-Pistol. 1787 Ann. Reg. 1784–5 App. Chron. 323/2 [At Dover] The large gun, well known by the name of Queen Anne's pocket pistol. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. vii. 127 Edward..drew a pocket-pistol, threatening..to shoot whomsoever dared to stop him. View more context for this quotation 1885 Dict. National Biogr. at Blood, Thomas They were all armed, with rapiers in their canes, and every one had a dagger and pocket-pistols. 1952 E. Hughes N. Country Life 18th Cent. i. 19 [He] sent him his own pair of neat pocket pistols with an injunction ‘never to travel without y^m’. 1996 Soldier of Fortune Mar. 58/2 Because of the low-pressure rounds for which they are chambered, pocket pistols have traditionally operated by means of unlocked blowback with a fixed barrel pinned to the frame. 2. humorous. A pocket spirit flask. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > carrying flask > for liquor pocket pistol1754 hunting-flask1823 tea-canister1859 hip flask1888 1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xvi. 27 I had always on my Journeys a Pocket-Pistol, loaded with Brandy, mix'd with Juice of Lemons. 1763 J. Woodforde Diary 29 June in Woodforde at Oxf. (1969) 137 For a Pocket Pistol, alias a Dram Bottle, to carry in one's Pocket, it being necessary on a Journey or so..0.1.0. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xlvii. 460 Newman slowly brought forth from his desk one of those portable bottles, currently known as pocket-pistols,..and took a gurgling drink. 1882 Macmillan's Mag. 46 162 The rests had been frequent on the road, as had also been the applications to the pocket-pistols. 1917 J. E. Meeker Life & Poetry J. Thomson iv. 68 The hero produces a ‘pocket-pistol’ of ‘Jameson's Irish Whiskey’. 1999 Church Times 29 Oct. 28/4 Dr Buck of Norwich..gave solo boys ‘pocket pistols’ containing port wine, which the boys injected just before their solos. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1612
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