popgun
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As of now, they are as threatening as a popgun.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2025
Of course, the Dolphins’ popgun offense did nothing with this gifted field position, and fumbled the ball right back to Buffalo.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2021
And it’s finished off with a “BNAG” flag stuck, popgun style, into its barrel.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2017
The Chiefs, who had won 17 of their last 19 regular-season games, were done in by a popgun offense that has repeatedly fizzled in the red zone.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 20, 2016
‘Colonel Nesbit said I was just a child. “Go buy a popgun, boy,” he said.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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