peashooter

[ pee-shoo-ter ]

/ ˈpiˌʃu tər /

a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.

Also called beanshooter.

Origin of peashooter

First recorded in 1860–65; pea¹ + shooter

He hid the pea-shooter, assumed his famous expression of innocence, and felt distinctly cheered.

More William |Richmal Crompton
The pea-shooter is a tube of metal, through which a pea may be propelled with great force by a puff of air from the mouth.

Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopdia of Sports and Amusements |Various
The cannon can either be a spring cannon or a pop-gun, or a pea-shooter.

What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes |Dorothy Canfield Fisher
“Suppose we tickle them up with the pea-shooter first,” suggested Lickford.

The Cock-House at Fellsgarth |Talbot Baines Reed

They have nothing to fight back with except a pea-shooter at the stern, and maybe one on the bow.

Dave Dawson at Casablanca |Robert Sydney Bowen

peashooter

/ (ˈpiːˌʃuːtə) /

a tube through which pellets such as dried peas are blown, used as a toy weapon