a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel
The term derringer is a genericized misspelling of the last name of Henry Deringer, a famous 19th-century maker of small pocket pistols. Many copies of the original Philadelphia Deringer pistol were made by other gun makers worldwide, and the name was often misspelled; this misspelling soon became an alternate generic term for any pocket pistol, along with the generic phrase palm pistol Deringer's competitors invented and used in their advertising.
例句与用法
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Mckinley was also killed by bullets from a “ derringer ” 麦金利也是被一枝“德林格”射出的子弹杀死的。
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Lincoln was killed by a crackpot actor named john wilkes booth who used a small pocket pistol known as a “ derringer ” for the deed 林肯被一个想入非非的演员杀害，他名叫约翰?威尔克斯?布斯，行动时使用了一把叫做“德林格”的小手枪。
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