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spool cannons

spool cannons is the plural of spool cannon.

Meaning of spool cannon

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

Questions about spool cannons

What is spool cannons the plural of?
Spool cannons is the plural of spool cannon.

Words near spool cannons in the dictionary

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

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