Quaker gun
chiefly US
noun
A dummy gun or cannon, especially one used to deceive an enemy; compare sense 6. Now historical.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in ‘Diedrich Knickerbocker’ (1783–1859), author (real name Washington Irving). With allusion to the pacifist principles of the Society of Friends.
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