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pepperbox

n. 1 A peppershaker. 2 (cx firearms English) A repeating firearm with three or more barrels grouped around a central axis. 3 A buttress at one side of the court in the game of fives.

Usage examples of "pepperbox".

Before the employment of blotting paper a pouncebox which contained either powdered gum sandarach and ground cuttle-fish bones, or powdered charcoal, sand and like materials was used by shaking it like a pepperbox on freshly written manuscripts.

Mostly I just sat around and looked big, which I was then and no fat, but sometimes I did have to calm down a customer or maybe throw him out, and I kept under my weskit a Starr pepperbox derringer in case of real trouble.

Doc flicked a match into life on the wall and the tiny flame revealed an arsenal of Masters: flintlocks, revolvers, longblasters, shotguns, pepperboxes and a dozen huge barrels of black powder.

Being a pagan (attached C of E) with no divine resources, I shall tread uncommon wary and keep my pepperbox handy.