smoking howitzer

A smoking howitzer is a hidden fact so important in any investigation that when it is uncovered a smoking gun pales in comparison.

When the police discovered what the criminal had done, the chief said: "Forget about the smoking gun what we have here is a smoking howitzer.

by Rocking Robin June 28, 2023

Calcium howitzers

Relative to calcium cannons, only larger and more impactful in battle.

Duck and cover! that gal is packing calcium howitzers.

by The Casanova March 12, 2026

Full like a howitzer

As early as the 18th century, a drunkard was "as full as a cannon" or even a howitzer, alluding to the enormous mass of explosive charge contained in such a gun. It was only in the course of the 19th century that the howitzer was added as a reinforcement of this idiom.

Look at her, she is full like a howitzer...

by screampie July 17, 2022