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elder-guns

elder-guns is the plural of elder-gun.

Meaning of elder-gun

Noun

elder-gun (plural elder-guns)

  1. A popgun made of a hollowed shoot of elder, i.e. a harmless weapon.
    • … tis a great displeasure
      That an elder gun, can do against a cannon,c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, line 2046 (Quarto 1, 1600)

Questions about elder-guns

What is elder-guns the plural of?
Elder-guns is the plural of elder-gun.

Words near elder-guns in the dictionary

  1. elder statesmen
  2. elder-blow
  3. elder-blows
  4. elder-flower
  5. elder-gun
  6. elder-guns
  7. elderate
  8. elderates
  9. elderberries
  10. elderberry
  11. elderberry wine

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