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pop gun

NOUN
BB gun
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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

"I—I'm just going in here to get my pop gun, so if the bear comes back——" Bunny said, "My pop gun is in here."

From Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Camp Rest-A-While by Florence England Nosworthy




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