Meaning of shooting iron | Babel Free
Definitions
A firearm, especially a handgun.
US, colloquial, dated
Equivalents
Examples
“"It ain't the rifle, Harry," Sam said good-temperedly; "it is the eye that is wrong, not the shooting-iron."”
“Look like a fool walking about with an empty shooting-iron in my hand.”
“"Look like a damn fool walking about with an empty shooting-iron in my hand."”
“The U.S. Army's newest war tool, the M-3 submachine gun, unveiled last week. [...] a stark, crude, unlovely shooting iron.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.