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Word: popguns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1922-1922
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...strange enough too, to see, an honorable gentleman leaning back in his tilted chair with his legs on the desk before him, shaping a convenient plug with his penknife, and when it is quite ready for use, shooting his old one from his mouth, as from a popgun, and clapping the new one in its place. I was surprised to observe that even steady old chewers of great experience are not always good marksmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CHEW AND THE SMOKE | 12/16/1922 | See Source »

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