English Dictionary

muff pistol

noun

(historical) A small flintlock gun, usually for women, which can be hidden in a muff (hand-warmer).

He showed me his collection of muff pistols.

意味（1）

(historical) A small flintlock gun, usually for women, which can be hidden in a muff (hand-warmer).

A century earlier [than the 1870s], women in dangerous professions, such as tending bar or prostitution, carried a “lady's muff pistol.”