hand cannon

plural hand cannons · alternative handcannon

1. An early firearm requiring manual ignition through a touch hole.

   Synonyms: gonne, handgonne

2. USslangA very large handgun, often impractically so.

   1994, Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction Vincent: "Did you forget that somebody was in there with a goddamn hand cannon?"

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   Hand Cannon - TV Tropes. Retrieved on 17 June 2022. Magnum-caliber handguns or pistols that use rifle cartridges comprise most of the Hand Cannon trope, due to their superior ballistics.