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  • For the rest, he wore a faded Sapper jacket and a wideawake hat, with a black sash round his hips; when he turned I saw he had one of the new long-barrelled Remington .44 revolvers reversed through the sash over his right rump, - a gunfighter's gun, with the foresight filed away, if you please.

    Watershed 2010

  • Meanwhile, Dirty Harry, Death Wish, and similar action yarns ultimately embrace the gunfighter's moral clarity.

    Vigilantes Ed Gorman 2007

  • Meanwhile, Dirty Harry, Death Wish, and similar action yarns ultimately embrace the gunfighter's moral clarity.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Ed Gorman 2007

  • For the rest, he wore a faded Sapper jacket and a wideawake hat, with a black sash round his hips; when he turned I saw he had one of the new long-barrelled Remington .44 revolvers reversed through the sash over his right rump, - a gunfighter's gun, with the foresight filed away, if you please.

    Flashman And The Tiger Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1999

  • Harrison pictured the little girl holding on to a gunfighter's hand.

    For The Roses Garwood, Julie 1995

  • It should have come out crisp as a western gunfighter's threat.

    The Vatican Rip Gash, Jonathan 1981

  • With me also went every secret of the gunfighter's trade taught me by Brantner and Jeter, constant, uncounted hours of practice, and, still in my twenties, the lightning reflexes of youth.

    Will Liddy, G. Gordon 1980

  • She's petite, obviously female, and she doesn't have a great gunfighter's scowl because she's just too darned friendly.

    HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010

  • The judge's table was at the pillar, in what I call the gunfighter's seat.

    World Socialist Web Site 2010

  • Wallabies tight five must do their job against England ANY prop running on for a Test match must employ the gunfighter's theory of getting your man before he gets you.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

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