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spool cannon

spool cannon noun: a child's homemade toy made by attaching an elastic band to a cotton reel to form a slingshot that could shoot a pencil or other slim object through the bore of the reel.

Noun

spool cannon (plural spool cannons)

  1. A child's homemade toy made by attaching an elastic band to a cotton reel to form a slingshot that could shoot a pencil or other slim object through the bore of the reel.
    • He had besides the things before mentioned, twelve marbles, part of a jews-harp, a piece of blue bottle-glass to look through, a spool cannon, a key that wouldn't unlock anything, […]The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain. Ch.2

Forms of spool cannon

pluralspool cannons

Questions about spool cannon

What does spool cannon mean?
Spool cannon means a child's homemade toy made by attaching an elastic band to a cotton reel to form a slingshot that could shoot a pencil or other slim object through the bore of the reel.
What part of speech is spool cannon?
Spool cannon is a noun.
What is the plural of spool cannon?
The plural of spool cannon is spool cannons.

Words near spool cannon in the dictionary

  1. spooky seasons
  2. spooky-ass
  3. spool
  4. spool brush
  5. spool brushes
  6. spool cannon
  7. spool cannons
  8. spool down
  9. spool out
  10. spool up
  11. spool-and-line

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