pop gun
Example Sentences
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The top gun of the 2015 World Cup has been a mere pop gun four years later.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2019
That was the only thing the boy could have meant—Shepard and Grissom who had gotten the pop gun flights while Glenn got the orbits.
From Time ● Dec. 8, 2016
The shtick is that she leads a double life, and goes off at night poaching game with a pop gun.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2016
"The neurophysiology of stress depletes the body. You may come down and want to explode off the board but it may be like a pop gun," he said.
From Reuters ● Aug. 16, 2016
The balloon men, the penny whistle and pop gun dealers frequent the upper streets, where they are apt to be seen by children.
From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney
