Editing Derringer (section)

==Spelling==
The term "derringer" ({{IPAc-en|'|d|ɛr|ᵻ|n|dʒ|ər}}) became a genericized misspelling during the reporting of the Lincoln assassination, which was committed with a concealed Philadelphia Deringer.<ref name="Flayderman2007"/> Many copies of the original Philadelphia Deringer pistol were made by other gunmakers worldwide, and the name remained often misspelled; this misspelling soon became an alternative [[generic term]] for any [[pocket pistol]], along with the generic phrase "palm pistol", which Deringer's competitors invented and used in their advertising. With the advent of [[cartridge (weaponry)|metallic cartridges]], pistols produced in the modern form are still commonly called "derringers".<ref name="Chapel2013">{{cite book|last=Chapel|first=Charles Edward|title=Guns of the Old West: An Illustrated Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oYwvC6VegwMC&pg=PA104|year=2013|publisher=Courier Dover Publications|isbn=978-0-486-42161-2|pages=104–106}}</ref>
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