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- noun Plural form of
six-gun .
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Examples
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You know the thing that comes to mind when I see Paula spinning six-guns?
Pistol Packin' Paula 2009
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Stephen Keith, who portrays Holliday as a drunken, swaggering dandy, says he structured the play as "a Greek tragedy with cowboy hats and six-guns."
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Guys would walk around with six-guns on their hips in town, running errands, etc.
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Guys would walk around with six-guns on their hips in town, running errands, etc.
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You know the thing that comes to mind when I see Paula spinning six-guns?
Pistol Packin' Paula 2009
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There are guys with six-guns on horses, but it's not a 'Zane Grey' story.
Coen Brothers Bring New Perspective to Classic American Western, 'True Grit' 2010
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There are guys with six-guns on horses, but it's not a 'Zane Grey' story.
Coen Brothers Bring New Perspective to Classic American Western, 'True Grit' 2010
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(McLuhan pointed to the increased popularity of Westerns as evidence for this, the necessary presence of leather saddles, metal six-guns, horseflesh and dust dovetailing with the medium's increased tactile engagement.)
Archive 2008-08-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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Jay Rabinowitz, later an Alaska state Supreme Court judge, described one 1950s-era vice raid to the Anchorage Daily News in 1994: "Ted led the charge, smoking a stogie and with six-guns on his hips."
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Or, perhaps, far west style, you all plan to strap on six-guns and hang out your own shingle in Yellowknife?
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