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  1. Quaker guns: Merriam-Webster
  2. Quaker guns: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Quaker guns: Vocabulary.com
  4. Quaker guns, quaker guns: Wiktionary

(Note: See quaker_gun as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Quaker gun)

noun:  (chiefly US, idiomatic, military, weaponry) A nonfunctional imitation of a gun or of a piece of artillery, typically made of wood and usually intended to deceive enemy forces into overestimating one's available firepower.
noun:  Alternative form of Quaker gun [(chiefly US, idiomatic, military, weaponry) A nonfunctional imitation of a gun or of a piece of artillery, typically made of wood and usually intended to deceive enemy forces into overestimating one's available firepower.]
▸ Also see quaker_gun


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