deuce-deuce

deuce-deuce

slang A .22-caliber gun. "Deuce" is a slang term for "two." Watch out for that guy—he's got a deuce-deuce on him.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

deuce-deuce

n. a .22-caliber pistol. (Streets.) My buddy popped his uncle with a deuce-deuce.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • fo-fo
  • like the deuce
  • what (in) the deuce
  • What the deuce?
  • deaded
  • pillow-biter
  • on one's
  • on someone's
  • rump-ranger
  • ACAB
References in periodicals archive
Clients who might get upset about me shooting their animal with a rifle have no qualms about me finishing it off with the diminutive deuce-deuce. Whether I shoot said animal in the noggin or behind the shoulder matters not--those little 40-grain solids aren't going to break skull caps or ruin meat.
More specifically, Cochi'an's been roiling a succession of deuce-deuce and larger rims.