service revolver
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]service revolver (plural service revolvers)
- (possibly dated) A handgun of the revolver type, issued to a police officer or member of the military for use in the course of his or her official duties.
- 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 5, in A Study in Scarlet:
- "Have you any arms?"
"I have my old service revolver and a few cartridges."
- 1915, Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 7, in Heart of the Sunset:
- "Look what the general gave me," and he proudly displayed Longorio's service revolver. Around Jose's waist was the cartridge-belt and holster that went with the weapon.
- 1995 September 4, “Two Officers Argue, And One Is Shot”, in New York Times, retrieved 7 March 2018:
- The policewoman, Kimberly Greenleaf, 34, apparently struggled with Officer Thomas Marchitto, 37, before she shot him once in the neck with her .38-caliber service revolver.
- 2013 August 7, “Brazilian teenager kills police officer parents and extended family”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 7 March 2018:
- The teen died from a shot to the left temple, his father's police-issue service revolver found nearby.