| 词汇 | quaker guns |
| 词源 | Quaker guns. Fake or dummy guns on ships have long been called Quaker guns in allusion to the Quakers’ opposition to war and killing. In 1830 an American naval officer wrote: “Our six iron six-pounders and six quakers (wooden guns), were, like millennial lion and lamb, lying down together in the hold.” |
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