hand cannon

English

Noun

hand cannon (plural hand cannons)

  1. An early firearm that required manual ignition through a touch hole
  2. (US, slang) (also "handcannon") A very large handgun, often impractically so.
    • Pulp Fiction, 1994
      Vincent: "Did you forget that somebody was in there with a goddamn hand cannon?"
    • Hand Cannon - TV Tropes. Retrieved on 1 September 2018.
      Magnum caliber handguns or pistols that use rifle cartridges comprise most of the Handcannon trope, due to their superior ballistics.
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