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squirt gun

squirt gun

noun

  1. another name for water pistol
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of squirt gun1

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805
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While Trump’s forces are setting fire to the basic structures of American democracy, Democrats in Congress are widely perceived to be wielding squirt guns.

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He found the latter habit so offensive that he at times deployed a squirt gun on the lit cigarettes of unsuspecting smokers.

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A lawsuit says a boy was expelled over emails to another boy; one said, “You dead yet” with squirt guns.

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The parents of a fifth-grader are suing an elite private Mulholland Drive elementary school after their son was expelled over emails he exchanged with a classmate containing rap lyrics and the squirt gun emoji.

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Some fling balloons filled with colored water from rooftops and others use squirt guns.

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