Quaker gun

American  

noun

1. a dummy gun, as on a ship or fort: so called in allusion to the Quakers' opposition to war.

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Quaker gun British  

noun

1. a dummy gun, as of wood

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Etymology

Origin of Quaker gun

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Example Sentences

They had called her father’s invention a joke, a Quaker gun, Una and her mother.

From Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl by Hornibrook, Isabel Katherine

Tom and Dan took up their stand in front of the tent, each armed with a "Quaker" gun.

From The High School Boys' Fishing Trip by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

If her mother made that hor-rid speech about a Quaker gun, she repeated it, before all the boys and girls in our Drama Class, too!

From Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl by Hornibrook, Isabel Katherine