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#1·Apr 26, 2026
a large pistol.
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“He's an outlaw loose and running came the whisper from each lip / And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip”
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“He's an outlaw loose and running came the whisper from each lip / And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 26, 2026
(computing, slang, humorous, dated) Large, expensive, powerful computers such as mainframes.
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