† popshootern.Obsoleterare = popgunnern. at popgunn. and adj. Derivatives.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > small or inefficient gun
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1845 P. HawkerDiary 13 Mar. (1893) II. 258 The birds..had not the power to mount up for 500 feet above ground as usual in order to avoid the popshooters.