"New York reload" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: New York reloads [plural]
Etymology: * From New York City Police Department officers carrying a backup revolver rather than an unwieldy speed loader. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=New York reload}} New York reload (plural New York reloads)
  1. The act of drawing a second handgun when the first jams or runs out of ammunition, rather than reloading the first, in order to gain a speed advantage.
    Sense id: en-New_York_reload-en-noun-8p37G6e7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "* From New York City Police Department officers carrying a backup revolver rather than an unwieldy speed loader.",
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          "ref": "2002, Ed Lovette, The Snubby Revolver: The ECQ, Backup, and Concealed Carry Standard, Paladin Press, page 51",
          "text": "The fastest revolver reload is a second revolver, a.k.a. \"the New York reload.\"",
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          "ref": "2004, Patrick Sweeney, Gun Digest Book of Smith & Wesson, Gun Digest, page 117",
          "text": "And handling a long gun is out, so the drill is to drop or holster the first handgun, and do a New York Reload.",
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          "ref": "2006, Patrick Sweeney, The Gun Digest Book Of The 1911: A Complete Look At The Use, Care & Repair of the 1911 Pistol, Volume 2, Gun Digest, page 143",
          "text": "The fastest reload is another loaded gun: The New York Reload.",
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          "ref": "2008 July 8, Steve Denney, “Short, But Still Sweet: Lessons from the 'Snubby Summit,'”, in Officer.com, archived from the original on 2022-01-25",
          "text": "First, they may be the fastest reload for an empty primary gun—the so-called \"New York reload.\"",
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