peashooter

Example Sentences

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By 1975, the Camaro’s strongest V-8 was a 155-horsepower peashooter.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023

“You don’t take a peashooter to a gunfight,” Keatinge said, expressing his dismay with the sanctions announced so far.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2022

All you need for an amusing afternoon is a bush and a peashooter.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2017

One official told me the EU had a howitzer compared to the UK's peashooter.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2016

In less than an hour Tom returned with a peashooter.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer