(1) Left alone, Jade finished polishing the derringer , then instead of placing it by her side she placed it in a velvet-lined case and closed the lid.(2) With her help, they stockpiled an arsenal of shotguns, derringer pistols and an old AK - 47.(3) The bullet from the derringer missed Anita's face by just a few inches.(4) I'd been to the pistol range the day before and completely forgotten the derringer in the back pocket of my purse.(5) But apparently, he already had his left hand on his backup gun, a derringer , in a pocket.