shoulder holster
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈʃoʊldər ˈhoʊlstər/
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- He wore a shoulder holster to keep his gun concealed beneath his jacket.
- gun in a shoulder holster
- wear a shoulder holster
- pistol in a shoulder holster
Examples
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Four D.E.A. agents, all wearing D.E.A. windbreakers and shoulder holsters, wait for him.
Fiction book (2002) -
Under my jacket, the Glock hung in a supple shoulder holster.
Fiction book (1998) -
Miles, he has that, like, shoulder holster gun thing under his arms.
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The one with the shoulder holster?
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Then how do you happen to wear a shoulder holster?
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Thank God, he thought as he reached up and removed his weapon from the shoulder holster.
Fiction book (1996) -
I bought the pistol, a box of ammunition, and a shoulder holster.
Fiction book (1995) -
I had strapped on a shoulder holster before we left the car.
Fiction book (1995) -
In the dark, my fingers automatically checked the safety before fumbling it into my shoulder holster.
Fiction book (1990) -
He had a Luger in his shoulder holster.
Synonyms
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4.9
A case you wear on your body to carry a gun or small tools
How Concealed
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6.5
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4.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently composed from 'shoulder' (the upper-body area) and 'holster' (a case for handguns): a holster worn on the shoulder. This is a literal, compositional noun phrase following common English noun + noun formation and cross-linguistically similar patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Shoulder holster comes from the image of a holster hung from the shoulder under a jacket. Detectives and officers wore the gun across the chest so it was easy to reach and 'hidden', so today the term means a holster you wear over the shoulder.