Gunhawk

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A gunslinger.

    "I was just beginning to think about asking her to marry me when Harve Bennett rode into town. Bennett was a gunhawk, one of the best—or so his reputation went."

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"I was just beginning to think about asking her to marry me when Harve Bennett rode into town. Bennett was a gunhawk, one of the best—or so his reputation went."

Etymology

From gun + hawk.

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