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  • So instead, a 12ga derringer with an 8 ceramic barrel. Grizzly Bear Attacks Alaska Blacktail Hunter
  • In court, it was said he loaded the Derringer ‘out of curiosity’ and intended to use it on a shooting range, but never got round to it.
  • I'd been to the pistol range the day before and completely forgotten the derringer in the back pocket of my purse.
  • But apparently, he already had his left hand on his backup gun, a derringer, in a pocket.
  • On this side of the Atlantic, nearly any small pocket pistol is now called a derringer, from Henry Deringer's short-barreled muzzle-loader. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 2
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  • He found a loaded two shot .22 derringer pistol as part of the buckle. What A Load Of Pants! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
  • The Cowboy howled, stumbling backwards, a nickel-plated Derringer falling from his hand, clattering to the steel deck. CORMORANT
  • I slipped the heavy derringer into the holster while the mate watched proudly.
  • Officers found an antique, double-barrelled Derringer hidden in a walnut grandfather clock in his bedroom.
  • How about a derringer chambered for a 105mm howitzer round. And Now, A Really Manly Handgun
  • Officers found an antique, double-barrelled Derringer hidden in a walnut grandfather clock in his bedroom.
  • Left alone, Jade finished polishing the derringer, then instead of placing it by her side she placed it in a velvet-lined case and closed the lid.
  • a pair of pistols; the word, which is still popular, being a corruption of the Persian "Tabáncheh" = a slap or blow, even as the French call a derringer coup de poing. Arabian nights. English
  • In the theater's museum is the real Booth derringer. Movie on Lincoln assassination has second life in D.C. crime museum
  • Here's the exact replica of the .44-caliber derringer Booth used. Movie on Lincoln assassination has second life in D.C. crime museum
  • Officers found an antique, double-barrelled Derringer hidden in a walnut grandfather clock in his bedroom.
  • The bullet from the derringer missed Anita's face by just a few inches.
  • Hidden by a knee crossed over one leg, Sarason's fingers met and cautiously began slipping the two-shot derringer from his boot. INCA GOLD
  • With her help, they stockpiled an arsenal of shotguns, derringer pistols and an old AK - 47.
  • When a steamboat known to be carrying smallpox attempted to unload its passengers, Dumont aimed her derringer pistol at the captain and fired two shots into the deck just inches from his feet. A Renegade History of the United States
  • Hidden by a knee crossed over one leg, Sarason's fingers met and cautiously began slipping the two-shot derringer from his boot. INCA GOLD
  • As for that final rite of "centrism" - the hit job - Mr. Schoen's editorial demonstrates that he'll happily don the ankle holster and squeeze off a round from his derringer whenever the signal's given. Richard (RJ) Eskow: Occupy Wall Street Speaks For America: A "Centrist" Hit Job's Polling Data Helps Prove It
  • Dark stains grew up from my waist, and I could feel sweat dripping around my concealed derringer.
  • Inside the tote bag deputies found a gun case, designed and manufactured to resemble a hardbound book, containing a single-shot Colt derringer.
  • I should have used a blunderbuss not a derringer.

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