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Definition: POCKET PISTOL |
POCKET PISTOL1. A pistol to be carried in the pocket. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Pocket Pistol (A). A dram-flask for the pocket, in "self-defence," because we may be unable to get a dram on the road. Pocket Pistol (Queen Bess's). A formidable piece of ordnance given to Queen Elizabeth by the Low Countries in recognition of her efforts to protect them in their reformed religion. It used to overlook the Channel from Dover Cliffs, but in 1894 was removed to make room for a battery of modern guns. It is said that it contains in Flemish the equivalent of the following words:- "Load me well and keep me clean, And I'll carry a ball to Calais Green." But this translation is only fanciful. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Receptacle | Cistern; (store); vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon; demijohn; flask, flasket; stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster; urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera; pig gin, big gin; tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol; tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin; galipot, gallipot; matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle; bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet, tureen. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: POCKET PISTOL |
| English words defined with "POCKET PISTOL": derringer. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Sometimes, when at leisure, he amused himself all day in the woods with a pocket pistol, firing salutes to himself at regular intervals as he walked. |
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pocket pistol | 31 |
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| Language | Translations for "POCKET PISTOL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Finnish | taskuase. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ocketpay istolpay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-k-l-o-o-p-p-s-t-t" | |
-3 letters: stockpile. | |
-4 letters: copilots, lockstep, loopiest, loppiest, lopstick, opposite, plotties, pockiest, politest, popsicle, stockpot, tipstock. | |
-5 letters: citoles, cookies, coolest, coolies, cooties, copilot, coplots, isotope, ketotic, kittles, koppies, litotes, lockets, ocelots, oolites, ostiole, peptics, pickets, pickles, piolets, pistole, pockets, poetics, pokiest, polices, poloist, potlike, potpies, potties, pottles, scottie, skelpit, skeptic, skippet, skittle, spittle, spotlit, stickle. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 4F 43 4B 45 54 50 49 53 54 4F 4C |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01001111 01000011 01001011 01000101 01010100 00100000 01010000 01001001 01010011 01010100 01001111 01001100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P O C K E T   P I S T O L |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 004F 0043 004B 0045 0054 0050 0049 0053 0054 004F 004C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5049374539542504353544946 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | suomi, suomalainen |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englantia, englantilainen |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Fiction 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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