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Quaker gun

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Quaker gun
n.
A dummy gun made of wood.

[From the Quakers' opposition to war.]

Quaker gun
n
(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a dummy gun, as of wood
[alluding to the Quakers' traditional pacifism]
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Noun1.Quaker gun - a dummy gun or piece of artillery made usually of wood
gun - a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)


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Quaker Gun Saturday, Luckey's The members of Quaker Gun - college students and recent graduates from Portland area schools - are promoting their first full length album as a band, "Wood & String.
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