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deringer

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der⋅in⋅ger

  [der-in-jer]
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–noun
derringer.

der⋅rin⋅ger

  [der-in-jer]
–noun
an early short-barreled pocket pistol.
Also, deringer.

Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; named after Henry Deringer, mid-19th-century American gunsmith who invented it
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derringer 
1850, for Henry Deringer (1786-1868), U.S. gunsmith who invented it in the 1840s; prevailing misspelled form is how his name appeared on the many counterfeits and imitations. "A small pistol with a large bore, very effective at short range" [OED].
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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deringer

pocket pistol produced in the early 19th century by Henry Deringer (q.v.), a Philadelphia gunsmith.

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