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nouna small cannon for shooting harpoons. Origin of harpoon gunFirst recorded in 1810–20 Words nearby harpoon gunharping, harpings, harpist, harp on, harpoon, harpoon gun, harp seal, harpsichord, Harpy, harpy eagle, harquebus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for harpoon gunGreener's harpoon-gun is a kind of wall-piece fixed in a crutch, which steps into the bow-bollard of the whale-boat. The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth They go out in large open boats, six men to a boat, and shoot the harpoon 220 into the whale from the harpoon-gun. Bancroft's Tourist's Guide Yosemite|A.L. Bancroft This harpoon-gun is now used all over the world, and has made whaling a wonderfully profitable business. Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895|Various Looking at Hank, he saw that the old fighter of the seas had dropped the harpoon-gun and was holding poised the long lance. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries|Francis Rolt-Wheeler
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