Trivia 3-13-19 Nickname

[WJC]

Urban toughs in 19th century New York used this two-word slang term to refer to their pistols. It's derived from a loud noise that isn't usually associated with weapons. What did they call their guns?

Credit: @LoyaltyOfDogs

Barking Iron.

 

[Big Sarge]

Barking - Irons

The name "Barking Irons" comes from a 19th-century slang term for pistols. The term was created by gangs of youths that haunted New York's infamous Bowery. The Bowery, a theatre district for much of the century, was a critical proving ground for indigenous American culture in the 19th century. Uniquely American art forms such as tap-dancing, concert saloons, freak shows, and vaudeville all gained popularity in the Bowery theatres of the time.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barking_Irons

 

[Deleted User CS]

My response is the pepper box revolver a/k/a pepper pot revolver. David.

 

[sarladaise]

Barking-Irons

 

[byron ed]

barking irons

 

[Soldier Boy]

Barking - irons

Source: https://slate.com/human-interest/20...ury-rogue-s-vocabulary-by-george-matsell.html

 

[hughes]

thunder box I know, I know times have changed

 

[roberts]

barking irons

 

[Eleanor Rose]

What did they call their guns? Barking-irons

Source

 

[lelliott19]

Barking-Irons
https://slate.com/human-interest/20...ury-rogue-s-vocabulary-by-george-matsell.html

 

[ErnieMac]

Barking irons.
https://archive.org/details/cu31924073798740/page/n19

 

[MC44]

Barking irons

 

[GELongstreet]

Barking Iron

 

[hoosier]

A guess - pop guns.

 

[ami]

A: "Barking irons"

Source: "The Expansion of Everyday Life," by Daniel E. Sutherland, p. 230