/ · 1894 Brewer’s · P · Pocket Pistol (A)
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A dram-flask for the pocket, in “self-defence,” because we may be unable to get a dram on the road.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.