pea-shootern.

Brit.

/ˈpiːˌʃuːtə/, U.S.

/ˈpiˌʃudər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pea n.², shooter n.

Etymology: < pea n.² + shooter n.

1. A toy weapon consisting of a small tube from which peas may be propelled by blowing. Also figurative: a crude or ineffectual weapon.

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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > toy weapons > [noun]

poop1489

pellet1553

trunk1553

elder-gun1600

popgun1649

spitter1688

pluff1695

whistling arrowa1718

pea-shooter1782

pea gun1812

detonating ball1814

pea-blower1821

pen-gun1821

pipegun1828

torpedo1831

spring gun1837

putty blower1861

tweaker1862

pluffera1866

bean-shooter1890

putty shooter1896

water pistol1897

stink bomb1915

cap-pistol1920

cap-gun1931

laser gun1961

1782 D. O'Bryen Def. Earl Shelburne 92 Your story of the pea-shooter answers no end that I can see, but to shew how little the Earl of Stair values one of the noblest of intellectual arts.

1794 Proc. Old Bailey 11 Nov. 1249/1 And nothing was found on him?.. Nothing but the pea shooter, the knife, and the brush?

1803 J. Russell Jrnl. 23 Sept. in S. Walpole Life Ld. J. Russell (1889) I. i. 6 Th boys play at hoops, peg-tops, and pea-shooters.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iv. 90 Wi' their pea-shooters, and long whips.

1909 Daily Chron. 23 July 3/2 The boys went off with a volley of peashooters, and the old Etonians—fathers—admired.

1958 N. Levine Canada made Me i. 49 Coming..into the open with our peashooters and elastic-firing guns.

2004 Kansas City (Missouri) Star (Nexis) 7 Mar. b11 Your [sc. the U.S.A's] bombers are stronger than their [sc. Afghanistan's] aging peashooters.

2. A person using such a weapon.

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1864 J. B. Bouton Round the Block vii. i. 216 She knew that her second son John was the pea-shooter.

1883 A. Thomas Mod. Housewife 100 I..became the object of the attentions of a party of young pea-shooters fresh from the excitement of a ‘wake’.

1931 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 28 Jan. 5/1 They have the very uncommon job of being pea-shooters... Their profession is the highly unusual one of waking people up by shooting peas at window panes and thus disturbing folks who have to go to their labors.

2002 Sunday Star (Nexis) 29 Sept. 25 The World Pea Throwing Championships. Not to be confused with pea-shooters, throwers from all over the country will be shattering the peace and quiet of a quaint Sussex town.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pea-shooter
释义	pea-shootern. Brit. /ˈpiːˌʃuːtə/, U.S. /ˈpiˌʃudər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pea n.², shooter n. Etymology: < pea n.² + shooter n. 1. A toy weapon consisting of a small tube from which peas may be propelled by blowing. Also figurative: a crude or ineffectual weapon. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > toy weapons > [noun] poop1489 pellet1553 trunk1553 elder-gun1600 popgun1649 spitter1688 pluff1695 whistling arrowa1718 pea-shooter1782 pea gun1812 detonating ball1814 pea-blower1821 pen-gun1821 pipegun1828 torpedo1831 spring gun1837 putty blower1861 tweaker1862 pluffera1866 bean-shooter1890 putty shooter1896 water pistol1897 stink bomb1915 cap-pistol1920 cap-gun1931 laser gun1961 1782 D. O'Bryen Def. Earl Shelburne 92 Your story of the pea-shooter answers no end that I can see, but to shew how little the Earl of Stair values one of the noblest of intellectual arts. 1794 Proc. Old Bailey 11 Nov. 1249/1 And nothing was found on him?.. Nothing but the pea shooter, the knife, and the brush? 1803 J. Russell Jrnl. 23 Sept. in S. Walpole Life Ld. J. Russell (1889) I. i. 6 Th boys play at hoops, peg-tops, and pea-shooters. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iv. 90 Wi' their pea-shooters, and long whips. 1909 Daily Chron. 23 July 3/2 The boys went off with a volley of peashooters, and the old Etonians—fathers—admired. 1958 N. Levine Canada made Me i. 49 Coming..into the open with our peashooters and elastic-firing guns. 2004 Kansas City (Missouri) Star (Nexis) 7 Mar. b11 Your [sc. the U.S.A's] bombers are stronger than their [sc. Afghanistan's] aging peashooters. 2. A person using such a weapon. ΚΠ 1864 J. B. Bouton Round the Block vii. i. 216 She knew that her second son John was the pea-shooter. 1883 A. Thomas Mod. Housewife 100 I..became the object of the attentions of a party of young pea-shooters fresh from the excitement of a ‘wake’. 1931 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 28 Jan. 5/1 They have the very uncommon job of being pea-shooters... Their profession is the highly unusual one of waking people up by shooting peas at window panes and thus disturbing folks who have to go to their labors. 2002 Sunday Star (Nexis) 29 Sept. 25 The World Pea Throwing Championships. Not to be confused with pea-shooters, throwers from all over the country will be shattering the peace and quiet of a quaint Sussex town. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1782
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