Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large tube-and-piston syringe, used for disabling hummingbirds, etc., by ejecting water upon them.
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Examples
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He picks up the syringe-gun from his lap, toys with it.
A King of Infinite Space Steele, Allen 1997
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The syringe-gun lifts away from my hand, leaving a bloodless white spot on my skin.
A King of Infinite Space Steele, Allen 1997
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When it comes out again, it holds a tiny syringe-gun.
A King of Infinite Space Steele, Allen 1997
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Mister Chicago drops the towel on the floor, then reaches into his pocket and pulls out the syringe-gun.
A King of Infinite Space Steele, Allen 1997
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A simpler form of sausage-stuffer has also been seen, much like a tube-and-piston garden-syringe; though I must add a suspicion which has always lingered in my mind that the latter utensil was really a syringe-gun, such as once was used to disable humming-birds by squirting water upon them.
Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881
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