water-pistol

First there was Beaubien with her insinuations of incest, then Tinkle with his water-pistol problem, and now Kenneth.

Wake Up, Sir! Jonathan Ames 2004

When they were ready, they might join their mother at her gym, where they were learning to play tennis, or stay at home, riding their BMX bikes in the Kensington Palace grounds, or let off steam in vigorous water-pistol fights, spraying each other with hosepipes, or have pitched water-bomb battles with schoolfriends.

DIANA ANDREW MORTON 1992

When they were ready, they might join their mother at her gym, where they were learning to play tennis, or stay at home, riding their BMX bikes in the Kensington Palace grounds, or let off steam in vigorous water-pistol fights, spraying each other with hosepipes, or have pitched water-bomb battles with schoolfriends.

DIANA ANDREW MORTON 1992

It was this water-pistol habit of theirs that led us to invent a game.

My Family and Other Animals Durrell, Gerald, 1925- 1956

"I owed Pip three and threepence for a water-pistol, and it's all gone to pay for that."

The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1949

What if this potential murderer thought of substituting a Colt for the water-pistol?

Overture to Death Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1939

There seems to be little doubt that Georgie, plus Twiddletoy, and his water-pistol made the bullets that the murderer subsequently fired.

Overture to Death Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1939

He approached the table with an air of efficiency and contemplated the water-pistol.

Overture to Death Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1939

It seems, therefore, that the water-pistol was removed before Saturday morning, and presumably by the guilty person, since an innocent person would not have kept silent about the booby-trap.

Overture to Death Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1939

He gave them a concise account of the piano and its internal arrangements, said nothing at all about the water-pistol, told them the murder appeared to be motiveless, and besought them not to follow him about wherever he went.

Overture to Death Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1939