Meaning of bullpup | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A bullpuppy, a bulldog puppy (of either sex).
   dated
2. A handgun smaller than a bulldog.
   US, obsolete
3. A firearm configuration in which the trigger is located forward of the magazine and breech, as opposed to a conventional configuration in which the trigger is located rear of the magazine and breech.

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Examples

“He sees thou art the best man for the swamp; that thy scent is keen with the bloodhound, thine eye like⟳ the hawk's, and thou art quick for fight⟳ as the colonel's bullpup.”

“He brought with him the holsters of his young master, wrapped up in the fragment of a blanket. “I tink, Mass Willie,” said he, “dat you better hab dese little bullpups yer, onder you own⟳ han'. Dere's no telling how soon you may want⟳ 'em. De swode is good 'nough, when you hab dem tory in chopping reach⟳, but de pups kin keep⟳ guard on door and winder.””

“"Gone for his two little bull-pups," said Stubbs. That was what the Parson called his silver-mounted derringers.”

“In an Iowa murder⟳ case two witnesses swore to seeing the defendant forty rods off draw⟳ his revolver, when it was proven that they were so near-sighted that they could not tell⟳ a pistol from a bull-pup fifteen rods away.”

“'Bust me, Blaine! you ain't a-goin' to murder⟳ this-yer young innercent ez mebbe never toted a derringer in his life, an don't know⟳ the difference atween a bowie-knife an' a bull-pup, air you?' interposed Colonel Jefferson.”

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