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Definition: Shoulder Holster |
Shoulder HolsterNoun1. A holster worn over your shoulder so a gun can be concealed under your jacket. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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 | Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, USN, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Far East (at left), is greeted at Wonsan airfield by Major General Field Harris, USMC, Commanding General of the First Marine Air Wing, 19 October 1950. Elements of the Wing had arrived at Wonsan by air on 13-17 October. Flight operations were sustained by aerial resupply until the landing beaches were opened on 26 October. Note MGen. Harris' shoulder holster and ammunition for a .38 caliber revolver. Credit: NAVY. |  | Lieutenant Commander Roger W. Mehle, Commander Air Group 28, reports the results of an air strike on Tinian to Captain Stuart H. Ingersoll, Commanding Officer of USS Monterey (CVL-26), in one of the carrier's ready rooms, 11 June 1944. Note LCdr. Mehle's shoulder holster (marked "U.S.") and revolver. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Japanese and U.S. officers negotiate the surrender of Mili Atoll, Marshalls, on board USS Levy (DE-162), 22 August 1945. Identified U.S. officers present include (from left to right): Commander H.E. Cross; Captain H. B. Grow, USNR, senior U.S. officer present; Commander W.C. Burkhard; Lieutenant P.S. Breck, Jr.; Commander C.G. Olson; Japanese officers in center include an unidentified junior officer, at left, and Japanese Navy Captain Masanori Shiga. Note pistol shoulder holster worn by U.S. officer in right foreground, fancy rope decoration on stanchions, metal wardroom chairs and steward in right background. Credit: NAVY. |  | Stands beside his plane, a General Motors FM-2 "Wildcat" fighter, on board USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73), 1 August 1944. Note pinup art and nickname "Smokey's Lucky Witch" adorning the engine cowling; what appears to be a Composite Squadron Ten (VC-10) insignia below the cockpit windshield; plane numbers ("27") in white on the wing leading edge and and in black under the lip of the cowling; and Ensign's Bennett's flight gear and .45 caliber M1911A1 pistol carried in a shoulder holster. Credit: NAVY. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
shoulder holster | 62 |
leather shoulder holster | 7 |
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| Language | Translations for "shoulder holster"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | schulterholster. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ouldershay olsterhay.(various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-h-h-l-l-o-o-r-r-s-s-t-u" | |
-3 letters: householders. | |
-4 letters: householder. | |
-5 letters: dollhouses, horseshoed, horseshoer, hostellers, households, storehouse, thresholds, tollhouses. | |
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