popgun
Example Sentences
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If this was France's backlash to what happened to them against Ireland in Marseille then it was more popgun than bazooka.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2024
Of course, the Dolphins’ popgun offense did nothing with this gifted field position, and fumbled the ball right back to Buffalo.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2021
And it’s finished off with a “BNAG” flag stuck, popgun style, into its barrel.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2017
The Chiefs, who had won 17 of their last 19 regular-season games, were done in by a popgun offense that has repeatedly fizzled in the red zone.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 20, 2016
He moved a little restlessly and said, ‘Colonel Nesbit... remember. And he told me, “Go buy a popgun, boy.”
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
