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Just because a concept doesn't have much use in the real world never stopped anyone from paying good money. concerns the Apache, a 19th Century pepperbox that combined a pistol, spike bayonet, and knuckle duster all in one compact package.— Hell in a Handbasket
"Then we are well matched," came the reply, "for they say you are a pepperbox."— The Tory Maid
Similar in action to a pepperbox.— A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks"
Out of his coat pocket hung the curved butt of a pepperbox revolver.— The Crisis — Volume 05

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