popgun

Example Sentences

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As of now, they are as threatening as a popgun.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025

“My advice to them would be: Avoid the popgun effect of a subpoena that can’t be enforced,” Mr. Brand said.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023

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

He moved a little restlessly and said, ‘Colonel Nesbit... remember. And he told me, “Go buy a popgun, boy.”

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes