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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Derringer \Der"rin*ger\, n. [From the American inventor.] A kind of short-barreled pocket pistol, of very large caliber, often carrying a half-ounce ball. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

derringer n 1: a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel