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a handful of decisive thunder, named for a town that made daggers, not guns
means A small firearm designed to be held and fired with one hand.
from The word likely came into English via French 'pistole,' from German 'Pistole,' which traces back to Czech 'píšťala' — literally a 'pipe' or 'whistle,' a name early Hussite fighters gave a kind of hand-cannon. There's a competing romantic theory that it's named for Pistoia, the Italian town famed for fine metalwork and daggers; this is the popular tale, but the Czech 'pipe' origin is the one most scholars favor.
name originlikely from Pistoia, Italy, famed for blades
riflingspiral grooves spin the bullet for accuracy
slanga lively, spirited person is a real pistol
dueling codegentlemen settled honor at twenty paces
semi-autorecoil reloads the next round automatically