pen-gunn.

Brit.

/ˈpɛnɡʌn/, U.S.

/ˈpɛnˌɡən/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pen n.³, gun n.

Etymology: < pen n.³ + gun n.

1. Scottish. A toy air gun made from a quill pen; a popgun. Hence to crack like a pen-gun: to be very talkative. Now rare.

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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > toy weapons > [noun]

poop1489

pellet1553

trunk1553

elder-gun1600

popgun1649

spitter1688

pluff1695

whistling arrowa1718

pea-shooter1782

pea gun1812

detonating ball1814

pea-blower1821

pen-gun1821

pipegun1828

torpedo1831

spring gun1837

putty blower1861

tweaker1862

pluffera1866

bean-shooter1890

putty shooter1896

water pistol1897

stink bomb1915

cap-pistol1920

cap-gun1931

laser gun1961

1682 ‘Mother Greg’ Burgess Ticket Buckhaven 3 Bourtrie Guns, Bane Guns, Quite [sic for quill] Guns, and Pen Guns.

1807 T. Campbell Let. 3 Oct. in W. Beattie Life & Lett. T. Campbell (1849) II. v. 121 We crack'd, as the Scotch say, like pen-guns.

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 35 (Jam.) Pen-guns are made and fired at the season when the turnip first comes to market; which turnip, cut in thin slices and bored through with the quill, forms the charge.

1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin vi. 53 He sat on the board, snufflin' an' crackin' like a pen-gun.

1904 ‘H. Foulis’ Erchie xxi Jinnet was crackin' awa' like a pengun wi' some auld wife at the sherp end o' the boat.

1941 C. Gavin Black Milestone vii The laddie and Jock was sittin' here newsin' like pen-guns.

2. (Also with capital initial.) A small cylindrical weapon resembling a fountain pen, from which bullets, tear gas, or some other disabling agent can be discharged.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > bomb > small gas bomb

pen-gun1956

1930 Decatur (Illinois) Evening Herald 5 June (caption) Detectives are shown above in the New York police headquarters examining the fountain pen gun and the shells.]

1956 Great Bend (Kansas) Daily Tribune 12 June 7 (comic strip) What's this?..Stuck in loops inside his pants band... One of those pen guns?

1962 N.Y. Times 26 May 27/8 Miss Dunsmore told him that the pen-gun had dropped from her pocket-book and a pellet had ruptured, releasing the tear gas.

1973 J. Di Mona Last Man at Arlington viii. 73 Before he could say another word, she got him with a pen gun filled with mace. ‘Ah Christ,’ he yelled, bending over, rubbing his eyes.

1977 Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 26 Mar. 24/2 Austin..said he was in the house when Rich shot the woman with a small pen gun.

2003 Illawarra (Austral.) Mercury (Nexis) 18 Nov. 1 More than 750 key ring or pen guns were recovered in the record haul.., police said after the arrests.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pen-gun
释义	pen-gunn. Brit. /ˈpɛnɡʌn/, U.S. /ˈpɛnˌɡən/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pen n.³, gun n. Etymology: < pen n.³ + gun n. 1. Scottish. A toy air gun made from a quill pen; a popgun. Hence to crack like a pen-gun: to be very talkative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > toy weapons > [noun] poop1489 pellet1553 trunk1553 elder-gun1600 popgun1649 spitter1688 pluff1695 whistling arrowa1718 pea-shooter1782 pea gun1812 detonating ball1814 pea-blower1821 pen-gun1821 pipegun1828 torpedo1831 spring gun1837 putty blower1861 tweaker1862 pluffera1866 bean-shooter1890 putty shooter1896 water pistol1897 stink bomb1915 cap-pistol1920 cap-gun1931 laser gun1961 1682 ‘Mother Greg’ Burgess Ticket Buckhaven 3 Bourtrie Guns, Bane Guns, Quite [sic for quill] Guns, and Pen Guns. 1807 T. Campbell Let. 3 Oct. in W. Beattie Life & Lett. T. Campbell (1849) II. v. 121 We crack'd, as the Scotch say, like pen-guns. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 35 (Jam.) Pen-guns are made and fired at the season when the turnip first comes to market; which turnip, cut in thin slices and bored through with the quill, forms the charge. 1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin vi. 53 He sat on the board, snufflin' an' crackin' like a pen-gun. 1904 ‘H. Foulis’ Erchie xxi Jinnet was crackin' awa' like a pengun wi' some auld wife at the sherp end o' the boat. 1941 C. Gavin Black Milestone vii The laddie and Jock was sittin' here newsin' like pen-guns. 2. (Also with capital initial.) A small cylindrical weapon resembling a fountain pen, from which bullets, tear gas, or some other disabling agent can be discharged. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > bomb > small gas bomb pen-gun1956 1930 Decatur (Illinois) Evening Herald 5 June (caption) Detectives are shown above in the New York police headquarters examining the fountain pen gun and the shells.] 1956 Great Bend (Kansas) Daily Tribune 12 June 7 (comic strip) What's this?..Stuck in loops inside his pants band... One of those pen guns? 1962 N.Y. Times 26 May 27/8 Miss Dunsmore told him that the pen-gun had dropped from her pocket-book and a pellet had ruptured, releasing the tear gas. 1973 J. Di Mona Last Man at Arlington viii. 73 Before he could say another word, she got him with a pen gun filled with mace. ‘Ah Christ,’ he yelled, bending over, rubbing his eyes. 1977 Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 26 Mar. 24/2 Austin..said he was in the house when Rich shot the woman with a small pen gun. 2003 Illawarra (Austral.) Mercury (Nexis) 18 Nov. 1 More than 750 key ring or pen guns were recovered in the record haul.., police said after the arrests. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1682
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