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別の表記

• deringer, Deringer, Derringer

語源

Named after American gunsmith Henry Deringer Junior (1786–1868).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛɹɪndʒə(ɹ)/

名詞

derringer (複数形 derringers)

1. A type of very small, concealable pistol with one or two barrels, but without any loading system or magazine.
   • 1887, H[enry] Rider Haggard, chapter IV, in Allan Quatermain‎^[1]:

     “Afraid? Oh no! they never interfere with me. […] And look here,” and diving her little hand into the bodice of her dress she produced a double-barrelled nickel-plated Derringer, “I always carry that loaded, and if anybody tried to touch me I should shoot him […] ”