muff pistol

短语

词形变化

muff pistols 复数 muff pistols

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small flintlock or percussion gun, usually for women, which can be hidden in a muff (hand-warmer).

    历史

    A century earlier [than the 1870s], women in dangerous professions, such as tending bar or prostitution, carried a “lady's muff pistol.”

词源

From muff + pistol.

来源：wiktionary