pistols

Synonyms

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Examples

Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols. Thomas Mann

Words are loaded pistols. Jean-Paul Sartre

Our rooms were bugged, our phones were tapped, and our lawyer's rooms were broken into and their files stolen. We finally had to hire armed guards with pistols to be able to maintain our records. It was hard to believe we weren't in Russia. Jimmy Hoffa

Are you going to pull those pistols or whistle Dixie? Clint Eastwood

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub. George Bernard Shaw

Why should we allow people to have military-style weapons including pistols with nine-millimeter bullets and can hold ten or more rounds? Joe Biden