Definitions for quaker gun
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Quak′er gun`(n.)
a dummy gun, as on a ship or fort: so called in allusion to the Quakers' opposition to war.
Origin of Quaker gun:
1800–10, Amer.
Princeton's WordNet
Quaker gun(noun)
a dummy gun or piece of artillery made usually of wood
Wiktionary
Quaker gun(Noun)
A nonfunctional imitation of a gun or of a piece of artillery, typically made of wood and usually intended to deceive enemy forces into overestimating one's available firepower.
Origin: An allusion to the pacifism associated with practitioners of the Quaker religion.
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