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Definition of Pistolling
1. pistol [v] - See also: pistol
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pistolling
Literary usage of Pistolling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. L'Acadie: Or, Seven Years' Explorations in British America by James Edward Alexander (1849)
"... of ' pistolling'—Camp in the snow— Horse-shoe Lake—Kill a four-year old
buck—Discomforts of the runway in winter. THE Scotchmen of Kingston have the ..."
2. Ecclesiastical Chronicle for Scotland by James Frederick Skinner Gordon (1875)
"... smiling at the impatient rage of his Captains, who spoke of Pistolling the
Preacher, and taking a more ingenious revenge, by subjecting Mr. Zachary to a ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1867)
"Pistolling of patriots — hey ? " he began saying to himself. " Pistolling of
patriot Barbot, too. This is very well. ..."
4. Paragraph-writing: A Rhetoric for Colleges by Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denny (1909)
"The sea has a rude pistolling sort of odor, that takes you in the nostrils like
snuff, and carries with it a fine sentiment of open water and tall ships; ..."
5. Paragraph-writing: A Rhetoric for Colleges by Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denny (1909)
"... carefully chosen epithets as fortifying, pistolling, tonic, coquettish, showery,
... The sea has a rude pistolling sort of odor, that takes you in the ..."
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