deringer

/ˈdɛrɪndʒər/
noun
  1. A small, short-barreled pocket pistol, often with two barrels, popular in the 19th century.
    • The collector showed us an antique deringer that once belonged to a famous outlaw.
    • In old Western movies, the gambler kept a deringer hidden in his coat sleeve.
    • She found a tiny deringer among her grandfather's belongings from the 1800s.
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