subs. phr. (American).—A gun or rifle: also SHOOTING-IRON (q.v.).
1843–4. HALIBURTON (‘Sam Slick’), The Attaché, ii. I hops out of bed, feels for my trunk, and outs with my TALKIN’-IRON, that was all ready loaded.
subs. phr. (American).—A gun or rifle: also SHOOTING-IRON (q.v.).
1843–4. HALIBURTON (‘Sam Slick’), The Attaché, ii. I hops out of bed, feels for my trunk, and outs with my TALKIN’-IRON, that was all ready loaded.
