Meanings
plural gunhawks
- 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.
2011, J. R. Roberts, The Woman Hunt: The Gunsmith
Origin
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