subs. (old Irish).—A duelling pistol: see MEAT-IN-THE-POT.
1827. J. BARRINGTON, Personal Sketches of His Own Times (1869), I. 288. A tolerable chance of becoming acquainted with my friend’s REPORTERS (the pet name for hair triggers). Idem, 288–9. I have this moment sent to the mail coach-office two bullet-moulds, not being certain which of them belongs to the REPORTERS.
1865. Cornhill Magazine, xi. 166. In those days Irish gentlemen always carried their REPORTERS or pistols with them.
