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shooter noun- a gun; a pistol, especially a revolver UK, 1840
- [H]olding a shooter in his hand. — Frank Norman, Bang to Rights, p. 123, 1958
- When it comes to big-time deviation shooters are a thing you certainly have to consider[.] — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 95, 1962
- ERIC: No shooters. Cyril said no shooters, you stupid bastard. PETER: Get stuffed. — Mike Hodges, Get Carter, p. 62, 1971
- He’s gripping his shooter in his free hand. “Whatever you do, you cunt, don’t shoot,” I tell him as I follow him through the door. — Ted Lewis, Jack Carter’s Law [britpulp], p. 51, 1974
- [T]ime to pull a shooter from his jacket. — Donald Gorgon, Cop Killer, p. 74, 1994
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 104, 1996
- a professional killer US, 1972
- “They’re coming in from the burgs, man. Bit shooters and they’re gathering around waiting for orders.” — Mickey Spillane, The Snake, p. 37, 1964
- Right now we have word that all the shooters are on the street covering the bosses and just hoping for some action. — Mickey Spillane, Last Cop Out, p. 15, 1972
- a criminal who specialises in breaking into safes US
- — Vincent J. Monteleone, Criminal Slang, p. 206, 1949
- an intravenous drug user US
- [H]e could tell just by looking at her that she was a shooter, though whether she shot coke or smack he couldn’t say[.] — William T. Vollman, Whores for Gloria, p. 83, 1991
- in a functionally compartmentalised illegal drug enterprise, the person who holds and turns over the drugs to buyers US
- — Carsten Stroud, Close Pursuit, p. 275, 1987
- a pinball player US
- — Bobbye Claire Natkin and Steve Kirk, All About Pinball, p. 116, 1977
- in pinball, the device that propels a ball into the playfield US
Known conventionally as a “plunger”. - — Roger C. Sharpe, Pinball!, p. 159, 1977
- a television camera operator US
- — Rachel S. Epstein and Nina Liebman, Biz Speak, p. 205, 1986
- a professional wrestler who hurts his opponent intentionally US
- Lewis was supposed to be a great shooter. — John F. Gilbey, Western Boxing & World Wrestling, p. 142, 1993
- an alcoholic drink, especially whiskey, meant to be consumed in a single gulp US, 1971
- [A]ll downing either crappy beer from the keg out back or multicolored Jello-O shooters. — Marty Beckerman, Generation S.L.U.T., p. 96, 2004
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