hand cannon
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hand cannon (plural hand cannons)
- An early firearm that required manual ignition through a touch hole.
- (US, slang) A very large handgun, often impractically so.
- 1994, Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction
- Vincent: "Did you forget that somebody was in there with a goddamn hand cannon?"
- Hand Cannon - TV Tropes. Retrieved on 17 June 2022.
- Magnum-caliber handguns or pistols that use rifle cartridges comprise most of the Hand Cannon trope, due to their superior ballistics.
- 1994, Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction
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early firearm
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