Actually it was a spray canister; I call it a pistol only because it was equipped with a trigger, and its range had been greatly increased.

My only other gifts are a rape whistle and a pocket-sized spray canister of Mace.

With what felt like almost casual slowness, he reached for a spray canister on his belt, plucked it from its holster, aimed it at the two guards, disengaged the safety.

The plan at this point was for him to take out his spray canister and disable the woman, truss her up and leave her gagging and weeping on the floor.

During that same program, a Loblaw executive presented the company's solution - a No Name spray canister with a red cap to indicate potentially harmful contents.

Once or twice a summer I tip everything with a skull and crossbones on the label into a spray canister and give everything a jolly good dousing.

He pats his trusty spray canister.

The hijacker immediately pulled out a spray canister from his pocket.

She sprayed one of the pipes with white foam from a spray canister.

"Lohr, please get me the spray canisters we stacked in the supply dome," he said.