1918 30 Sept. 9/1 In other windows were various instruments of warfare, including..a German pineapple hand grenade.]
1921 20 Oct. 1/6 The bomb was an ordinary Mills ‘pineapple’ grenade.
1930 D. W. Strickland II. v. 89 The one most commonly used was the English ‘pineapple’ grenade, so-called because of its shape and corrugated sides.
1992 2 May 84/2 The newer weapons, like the AK-47s and the pineapple grenades, come from army stores in China.