pea rifle
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I was carrying a pea rifle more for company than for anything else; for "Paddy," though of a most cheerful disposition, never made remarks.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
Talbot and I burst into a shout of laughter, and even Yank, leaning attentively on the long barrel of his pea rifle, grinned faintly.
From Gold by White, Stewart Edward
Britch-loaders hadn't been in so durn long, and men didn't go huntin' grizzlies with the little old pea rifle just for fun.
From Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters by Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)
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