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  • n  plaything consisting of a toy gun that makes a popping sound

  • NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory and several ground-based optical telescopes have just witnessed a cosmic blast that makes the supernova look like a popgun.
  • Soon his men were synchronizing cowbells chromatically arranged like a xylophone; a klaxon, a popgun, a saw, a fire-bell, an octave of Flit guns (tuned to the key of E flat), two .
  • The Johnson Administration last week fired the opening salvo of its war on povertybut it had all the impact of a popgun.
News & Articles

  • Police Athletic League sponsoring a carnival
    BYRAM — Do you remember when the community carnival was one of the big events of the summer? Families joined with their neighbors to ride the Ferris wheel, to win stuffed animals at a popgun shooting range, and eat foods of questionable nutritional value.
    Aug. 7, 2013 - The Township Journal
Quotes

  • Jodeen Carney in The Australian
    These official figures demonstrate the Labor government's much lauded alcohol courts are little used and even less effective,Ms Carney said. "Territory Labor has taken a popgun to the beast of alcohol abuse. It's hard to imagine a less...

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